30
After he said this, the holy man died nobly in his tortures; even in the tortures of death he resisted, by virtue of reason, for the sake of the law.
31
Admittedly, then, devout reason is sovereign over the emotions.
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
It is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.
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