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4 Maccabees 1:19-21
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 1:19-21
Revised Standard Version
19 Rational judgment is supreme over all of these, since by means of it reason rules over the emotions. 20 The two most comprehensive types[a] of the emotions are pleasure and pain; and each of these is by nature concerned with both body and soul. 21 The emotions of both pleasure and pain have many consequences.
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- 4 Maccabees 1:20 Or sources
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