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4 Maccabees 1:33

In 2 translations

WEB
Otherwise, how is it that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would come from them? Isn’t it because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
LXXE
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸς τὰς ἀπειρημένας τοοφὰς, ἀποτρεπόμεθα τὰς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἡδονάς; οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρὲξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμός; ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι.

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