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This, in turn, is education in the law, by which we learn divine matters reverently and human affairs to our advantage.
18
Now the kinds of wisdom are rational judgment, justice, courage, and self-control.
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Rational judgment is supreme over all of these, since by means of it reason rules over the emotions.
20
The two most comprehensive types of the emotions are pleasure and pain; and each of these is by nature concerned with both body and soul.
21
The emotions of both pleasure and pain have many consequences.
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