Direct quotation
Against Julian 1.9.44
That from which, and through which, bad fruit has appeared must itself be evil.
Latin
Quid ergo est - inquit - malitia, nisi boni indigentia?
Ex bonis igitur mala orta sunt. Non enim sunt mala, nisi quae privantur bonis: per mala tamen factum est ut bona eminerent. Ergo indigentia boni, radix malitiae est
Ex bonis mala orta sunt
Necesse est malum esse, ex quo et per quod malus fructus apparuit
Per opus Dei opus diaboli transire non sinitur
In dono Dei radix mali locari non potest
Rerum ratio non sinit ut de bono malum, ac de iusto iniquum aliquid proferatur
Si rerum ratio non sinit ut de bono malum aliquid proferatur
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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