4 Maccabees 1:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ If, then, it is evident that reason rules over those emotions that hinder self-control, namely gluttony and lust, ⁴ it is also clear that it masters the emotions that hinder one from justice, such as malice, and those that stand in the way of courage, namely anger, fear, and pain. ⁵ Some might perhaps ask, ‘If reason rules the emotions, why is it not sovereign over forgetfulness and ignorance?’ Their attempt at argument is ridiculous!^[a]