Letter 36: The strength of rulers lies in friendship with God.
To Titianus [one of the Rulers].
Perhaps you do not know that a perplexity is never resolved by another perplexity; rather, we are accustomed to derive the proof of disputed matters from those that are agreed upon.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἴσως ἀγνοεῖς, ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἄπορον ἀπόρῳ λύεται· ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁμολογουμένων τὴν πίστιν τῶν ἀμφισβητουμένων (91) λαμβάνειν εἰώθαμεν.
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