4 Maccabees 1:13-15

Common English Bible

Definition of terms

¹³ So we are exploring the question of whether clear thinking has full power over the emotions. ¹⁴ We need to define what careful reasoning is, what we mean by emotion, how many different kinds of emotions there are, and whether clear thinking has full power over all these things. ¹⁵ Clear thinking then is the mind-set that uses plain logic to choose the life of wisdom.