To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §3.14.28 · Julian of Eclanum

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Against Julian 3.14.28

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Sexual desire is interrupted by bodily weakness.

In married people it is exercised honorably; in those who abstain it is restrained by virtue.

The fourth thing—the excess of that pleasure—is committed by the sexually unrestrained. Since it arises from recklessness, not from nature, it is rightly condemned.

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Latin

intercipi debilitate libidinem

Aut in coniugibus - inquis - cum honestate exercetur, aut in castis virtute frenatur

In coniugibus cum honestate exercetur

Quartum - inquis - a lascivientibus perpetratur, id est, illius voluptatis excessus, et quia de insolentia, non de natura contingit - inquis - iure damnatur