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Full Idea
Self-controlled people, even when they desire and have an appetite for things, do not do these things for which they have the desire, but instead follow the understanding.
Gist of Idea
Self-controlled follow understanding, when it is opposed to desires
Source
Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 433a06)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'De Anima (on the psuche)', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.60
A Reaction
If modern discussions would stop talking of 'weakness of will', and talk instead of 'control' and its lack, the whole issue would become clearer. Akrasia is then seen, for example, as an action of the whole person, not of some defective part.