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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 2 translations
- WEB
- For reason is necessary to everyone as a step to science. In addition, it embraces the praise of self-control, the highest virtue.
- LXXE
- For reason is necessary to every one as a step to science: and more especially does it embrace the praise of prudence, the highest virtue.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖος εἰς ἐπιστήμην παντὶ ὁ λόγος, καὶ ἄλλως τῆς μεγίστης ἀρετῆς ἀρετῆς, λέγω δὴ φρονήσεως, περιέχει ἔπαινον·