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Certainly the question here does not concern adults’ pursuits, but only the condition of newborns, in whom nature’s state is examined. Alongside Mani, you maintain that this nature, without any contribution from its own will, is guilty, condemned, and full of evils—that is, crimes. We defend it as guiltless, free from wickedness and the evil of sin, and capable of virtue.

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Certe nulla hic de studiis adultorum hominum quaestio, sed de sola nascentium qualitate versatur, in quibus naturae examinatur status. Hanc tu itaque naturam sine aliquo propriae voluntatis admixtu ream, damnatam, malis id est criminibus plenam cum Manichaeo tamen asseris, quam nos sine scelere, sine peccati malo innoxiam et capacem virtutis tuemur.