Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 06 — Section 1553
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 6
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3. C. Am I bound to contradict others when you have my own answer? A. Your answer to what effect? That they are right, or wrong? C. What necessity compels me to set my opinion against other men's? A. You are bound by the rules of discussion, and by respect for truth. Do you not know that every assertion either affirms, or denies, and that what is affirmed or denied ought to be reckoned among good or bad things? You must, therefore, admit, and no thanks to you, that the statement to which my question relates is either a good thing or a bad. C. If in particular actions we must have the h…
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