Julian excerpts
Against Julian 6.6.16
Albinus affirms that among all animals the crocodile alone moves its upper jaws; and fire, though destructive to everything else, is a plaything for the salamander.
Natural characteristics are not changed by an accidental occurrence.
A parent cannot transmit to offspring what the parent does not possess.
Latin
Solum esse in omnibus animalibus, cui superiores mandibulas moveri Albinus affirmat; et ignem, cum sit omnibus exitio, salamandrae esse ludibrio
Naturalia per accidens non converti
Parentem quod ipse non habet, in suam prolem non posse transmittere
Naturalia per accidens non converti
parentes in filios ea quae non habent ipsi non posse transfundere
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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