4 Maccabees 3:2

2 No one of us can eradicate that kind of desire, but reason can provide a way for us not to be enslaved by desire.

4 Maccabees 3:2 In-Context

1 But this argument is entirely ridiculous; for it is evident that reason rules not over its own emotions, but over those of the body.

2 No one of us can eradicate that kind of desire, but reason can provide a way for us not to be enslaved by desire.

3 No one of us can eradicate anger from the mind, but reason can help to deal with anger.

4 No one of us can eradicate malice, but reason can fight at our side so that we are not overcome by malice.

5 For reason does not uproot the emotions but is their antagonist.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [you]