IV Maccabees 2:23

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.

IV Maccabees 2:23 In-Context

21 For at the time when God created man, He implanted within him his passions and moral nature.

22 And at that time He enthroned above all the holy leader mind, through the medium of the senses.

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?