4 Maccabees 2:23-24 World English Bible (WEB)

23. And He gave a law to this mind, by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, and just, and good, and manly reign.

24. How, then, a man may say, if reasoning be master of the passions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?

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