réfuter

Le 28 et 29 août 392, saint Augustin avait réfuté une certaine Fortunat dans la discussion publique qui s'est tenue dans les thermes de Sossius.
On 28 and 29 August 392, St. Augustine had refuted a certain Fortunatus in public discussion held in the Baths of Sossius.
Avec une noble fermeté, il s'était adressé aux sages de la Grèce et, grâce à son savoir et à son éloquence, il avait réfuté les sophismes de leur orgueilleuse philosophie.
With noble firmness he had risen up before the sages of Greece and by his knowledge and eloquence had put to silence the arguments of proud philosophy.
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