To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §3-14-28

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Against Julian 3.14.28

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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