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| 5252 | 'Enkrateia' (control) means abiding by one's own calculations [Aristotle] |
| Full Idea: The continent man (controlled, 'enkratic') is identical with one who tends to abide by his own calculation. | |
| From: Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1145b09) | |
| A reaction: The point is that this is NOT virtue, even though it results in doing the right thing. In such an 'enkratic' (controlled) person the reason is in a healthy state, but the desires, emotions and pleasures are badly trained. |