Fragments to Turbantius · §2.10.34 · Julian of Eclanum

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He would not find anything to do or anywhere to turn, if pressed by the judges’ authority, if standing…

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He would not find anything to do or anywhere to turn, if pressed by the judges’ authority, if standing with me among learned people, if the trumpet of true reason and the weapons of the listeners standing around rang out.

They have lied to the crowd about us; they frighten people with the names “Caelestians” or “Pelagians,” and force agreement from people through fear.

All judges ought to be free from hatred, friendship, hostility, and anger.

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Tamquam non invenirem quid facerem, quo confugerem, si iudicum premerer potestate, si in medio eruditorum consisterem tecum, si verae

rationis tuba

si auditorum arma circumstantium

concreparent

Quia de vobis multitudini mentiti fuerimus, et quod Caelestianorum vel Pelagianorum nomine homines terreamus, et quod terrore ab hominibus extorqueamus assensum

quod omnes iudices ab odio, amicitia, inimicitia, ira vacuos esse deceat

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