Full Idea
The continent man (controlled, 'enkratic') is identical with one who tends to abide by his own calculation.
Gist of Idea
'Enkrateia' (control) means abiding by one's own calculations
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1145b09)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.227
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.