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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 2 translations
- WEB
- Since in what way is a solitary eater, a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it is clear that reasoning is lord of the emotions?
- LXXE
- Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπεὶ τίνα τρόπον μονοφάγος τις ὢν τὸ ἦθος, καὶ γαστρίμαργος, καὶ μέθυσος, μεταπαιδεύεται, εἰ μὴ δῆλον, ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός;