4 Maccabees 3:5

Septuagint · public domain

Thomson 1808

not in this edition

Brenton 1851

For reasoning is not an eradicator, but an antagonist of the passions.

Greek · Brenton

Οὐ γὰρ ἐκριζωτὴς τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ἀνταγωνιστής.