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4 Maccabees 1:21

Source: Septuagint

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21And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.

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19The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.

20Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.

4 Maccabees 1:21

22Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.

23And before pain is fear; and after pain, sorrow.

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