IV Maccabees 1:20

20 Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.

IV Maccabees 1:20 In-Context

18 And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance.

19 The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.

20 Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.

21 And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.

22 Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.