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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 2 translations
- WEB
- For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the emotions, and to correct some and destroy others.
- LXXE
- For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the passions, and to transfer some, and destroy others.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς, ὡς ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶι ἀριστεῦσαι, καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι.