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Ideas for 'Internalism Exposed', 'Eudemian Ethics' and 'Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism'

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

23918	Akrasia is the clash of two feelings - goodness and pleasure [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: The discord between the good and the pleasant in one's feelings is lack of self-control.
	From: Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1237a08)
	A reaction: A nice clear statement of his view, which opposes the view of Socrates that akrasia is a failure of reason or judgement. Goodness seems to be treated here as a feeling, which is unusual.