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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 3
In 2 translations
- WEB
- The argument is exceedingly ridiculous, for reasoning doesn’t appear to rule over its own affections, but over those of the body,
- LXXE
- The argument is exceedingly ridiculous: for reasoning does not appear to bear sway over its own affections, but over those of the body,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐστὶ δὲ κομιδῆ γελοῖος ὁ λογισμός οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ τῶν σωματικῶν.