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Wisdom, next, is the knowledge of divine and human matters and the causes of these.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The emotions of both pleasure and pain have many consequences.
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Thus desire precedes pleasure and delight follows it.
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Fear precedes pain and sorrow comes after.
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Anger, as a man will see if he reflects on this experience, is an emotion embracing pleasure and pain.
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In pleasure there exists even a malevolent tendency, which is the most complex of all the emotions.
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In the soul it is boastfulness, covetousness, thirst for honor, rivalry, and malice;