4 Maccabees 6:32-34

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³² For if the emotions had prevailed over reason, we would have testified to their domination. ³³ But now that reason has conquered the emotions, we properly attribute to it the power to govern. ³⁴ And it is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.^[a]