4 Maccabees 1:33
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
Greek · Brenton
Ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸς τὰς ἀπειρημένας τοοφὰς, ἀποτρεπόμεθα τὰς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἡδονάς; οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρὲξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμός; ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι.