11/17 What is Hesiod's definition of the man who will neither counsel himself nor be counselled by his friends ?.... Have you no trusty acquaintances in Cyrenaica, for instance ?' The Prefect was silent. And recollect, Augustine must be there now. He was about to sail for Berenice, in order to consult Synesius and the Pentapolitan bishops, when we left Carthage.' And at the name of Augustine the old man paused. |