4 Maccabees 3:1
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
The argument is exceedingly ridiculous: for reasoning does not appear to bear sway over its own affections, but over those of the body,
Greek · Brenton
Ἐστὶ δὲ κομιδῆ γελοῖος ὁ λογισμός οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ τῶν σωματικῶν.