It is sometimes translated into English as incontinence ("a want of continence or self-restraint"). [2] Beginning with Plato, a variety of philosophers have attempted to determine whether or not …

Learn about Aristotle's philosophy about the incontinent person. Incontinence ("a want of continence, control, or self-restraint") is often used by philosophers to translate the Greek term …

Incontinence (which I take for the same as weakness of will) is the character defect of acting against one's own judgement, or failing to act in accord with it. The philosophical problem of …

2019年2月6日 · Aristotle (384-322 BC) in the Nicomachean Ethics writes about a personality typology grounded on the state of mind (rational part), and desire (affective part – see also …

2003年11月1日 · Discusses Aristotle's limitation of incontinence proper to the field of temperance, temptation by noble ends, the nature of incontinent ignorance, and what it is to use one's …

Continence and Incontinence: Continence is not virtue, and incontinence is not vice. But they are related (they belong to the same “genus”). • The vicious person thinks he ought to do the bad …

The Greek word ‘akrasia’ is usually said to translate literally as ‘lack of self-control’, but it has come to be used as a general term for the phenomenon known as weakness of will, or …

condition called Incontinence, both his intellectual conviction and moral purpose are on the right side. How comes it then that a man can do soinething which, at the time, he knows to be …

For Aristotle, continence (enkrateia) falls short of practical wisdom in two ways: the continent agent is not fully dependable in action (being liable occasionally to act contrary to judgement) …

2021年10月27日 · Incontinence refers to a lack in moderation or self-control, especially in relation to desire. It is often used to translate the Greek term ἀκρασία (akrasia). ἔτι ὁ τῷ πεπεῖσθαι …