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There are also people, who have a trick of abiding by their, own

opinions, who are commonly called Positive, as they who are hard

to be persuaded, and whose convictions are not easily changed:

now these people bear some resemblance to the character of

Self-Control, just as the prodigal to the liberal or the rash man

to the brave, but they are different in many points. The man of

Self-Control does not change by reason of passion and lust, yet

when occasion so requires he will be easy of persuasion: but the

Positive man changes not at the call of Reason, though many of

this class take up certain desires and are led by their

pleasures.