Octavius 34.9

Summary: Even so, the philosophers partly agree with Christians.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:49

sed ad propositum satis est, etiam in hoc sapientes uestros in aliquem modum nobiscum consonare.

But for our purpose it is enough that even in this your wise men agree with us in some measure.

Source: CSEL 2:49 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

Minucius Felix, Oct. 34.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/34/9/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 34.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/34/9/).