7/6/2023 0 Comments Nichomachean ethics book 7![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A soft or delicate person is a kind of wimp: he can't hold out against even the things that everyone else can withstand.A steadfast person "holds out" against something a self-restrained person kicks that something's butt.In this case, a licentious person is worse than a person with a lack of self-restraint.How would such a person act if he were actually prompted by something? A person who does terrible things without being overpowered by desire is just awful and scary.Some don't choose but are overcome by pleasure (or by a desire to avoid pain).A licentious person loves pleasures excessively and cannot be changed.So we can be either steadfast or soft in resisting.In terms of pleasure and pain, it's possible to be a superhero of self-restraint (able to resist temptation better than most) or superwimp (unable to resist what most people can). ![]()
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