1If therefore the seven brethren despised the tortures even to the death, it is universally proved that the Inspired Reason is supreme lord over the passions.
2For if they had yielded to their passions or sufferings and eaten unclean meat, we should have said that they had been conquered thereby.
3But in this case it was not so; on the contrary by their Reason, which was commended in the sight of Elohim (God), they rose superior to their passions.
4And it is impossible to deny the supremacy of the mind; for they won the victory over their passions and their pains.
5How can we do otherwise than admit right Reason's mastery over passion with these men who shrank not before the agonies of burning?
6For even as towers on harbour-moles repulse the assaults of the waves and offer a calm