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4 Maccabees 1:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 1:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 I shall shortly have an opportunity to speak of this, but, as my custom is, I shall begin by stating my main principle, and then I shall turn to their story, giving glory to the all-wise God.
The Supremacy of Reason
13 Our inquiry, accordingly, is whether reason is sovereign over the passions. 14 We shall decide just what reason is and what passion is, how many kinds of passions there are, and whether reason rules over all these.
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