Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 1:19
Source: Septuagint
Original
19The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.
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17And this is contained in the education of the law; by means of which we learn divine things reverently, and human things profitably.
18And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance.
— 4 Maccabees 1:19 —
20Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.
21And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.