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4 Maccabees 2:1-2
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Compatibility of the Law with Reason

2 And why is it amazing that the desires of the soul for the enjoyment of beauty are rendered powerless? 2 It is for this reason, certainly, that the temperate Joseph is praised, because by mental effort[a] he overcame the prospect of pleasure.

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  1. 2.2 Another ancient authority adds in reasoning
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