4 Maccabees

The argument is exceedingly ridiculous: for reasoning does not appear to bear sway over its own affections, but over those of the body,

ἔστιν δὲ κομιδῇ γελοῖος ὁ λόγος οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται ἀλλὰ τῶν σωματικῶν

in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.

οἷον ἐπιθυμίαν τις οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ μὴ δουλωθῆναι τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ δύναται ὁ λογισμὸς παρασχέσθαι