Julian quotation
Against Julian 6.18.54
The third kind of quality is a passing state and an enduring quality of feeling. A passing state is placed among qualities because it is a starting point of qualities. To it are also assigned the experiences of mind or body that come and go in a moment. An enduring quality of feeling, however, arises from more powerful causes and clings to everyone in whom it occurs so firmly that it can be removed only with great efforts—or cannot be removed at all.
Latin
Tertia species qualitatis est - inquis - affectio et affectionalis qualitas. Affectio autem in qualitate ob hoc ponitur - ais - quia principium qualitatum est; cui etiam reputantur ad momentum accedentes recedentesque aut animi aut corporis passiones. Affectionalis vero qualitas - inquis - omnibus quibus evenerit, ex maioribus orta causis ita inhaerescit, ut aut magnis molitionibus, aut nullis omnino separetur
affectionalem qualitatem ortam ex maioribus causis, atque ita inhaerescere, ut aut magnis molitionibus, aut nullis separetur
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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.
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- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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