Basil quoted by julian
Against Julian 1.5.16
“Evil is not a substance, but a way of behaving that comes solely from the will.”
“Those who have brought the sickness of their conduct upon themselves by their own will.”
“This way of behaving, which arises as something added, can very easily be separated from the will of those who are sick.”
“If evil had arisen in such a way that it could no longer be removed from the will—that is, if, although it was something added, it had been added in a way that made it impossible ever to separate it from the will—one could rightly say that evil was not a substance, but that the substance itself could no longer exist without the evil added to it. But if evil was added, and the starting point of its addition was the will rather than the substance, evil can easily be separated from the substance. Then the substance subject to the will can be kept completely pure, so that not even any traces of evil remain.”
Latin
Non esse substantiam, sed conversationem, quae de sola voluntate contingat
iis qui aegritudinem conversationis de voluntate propria collegerunt
Hanc conversationem ex accidenti venientem facillime - dicit - posse ab aegrotantium voluntate separari
si evenisset malum, ita ut non valeret ulterius a voluntate removeri, id est, quamvis accidisset, si ita accidisset ut separari ulterius a voluntate non valeret; merito dici posset, substantiale quidem malum non esse, sed ipsam substantiam sine malitia quae accidit, iam esse non posse. Si autem accessit - inquit - et principium accessionis non substantiam habuit, sed voluntatem; facile potest malum a substantia separari, ut et subiecta voluntati substantia munda possit per omnia possideri, ita ut nullius mali vel signa remaneant
Facile posse malum a voluntate vel a substantia separari
ab ea posse facile separari
ut subiecta substantia voluntati
munda possit per omnia possideri, sic
ut nullius mali vel signa remaneant
About this text
Earlier four-book work to Turbantius, surviving as excerpts arranged by Augustine’s witness. Latin source text is on each section when recovered.
English follows Julian’s words as Augustine excerpts them in Against Julian. This is not a recovered complete To Turbantius.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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