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Since we are composed of unequal goods, the soul ought to rule the body.We share the one with the gods and the other with beasts.Therefore the better part—the soul endowed with virtue—rightly commands both the body’s members and its desires.
Quoniam ex imparibus bonis compositi sumus, animum corpori debere dominari: quorum alterum nobis cum diis, alterum cum belluis commemoras esse commune. Et ideo id quod est melius, id est, animum virtute praeditum - dicis - et membris corporis bene et cupiditatibus imperare?