4 Maccabees 1:2

¹As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would willingly advise you to give the utmost heed to philosophy.

— 4 Maccabees 1:2 —

³If, then, reasoning appears to hold the mastery over the passions which stand in the way of temperance, such as gluttony and lust,

⁴it surely also and manifestly has the rule over the affections which are contrary to justice, such as malice; and of those which are hindrances to manliness, as wrath, and pain, and fear.