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Again, Cowardice as a confirmed habit would seem to be voluntary

in a different way from the particular instances which form the

habit; because it is painless, but these derange the man by

reason of pain so that he throws away his arms and otherwise

behaves himself unseemly, for which reason they are even thought

by some to exercise a power of compulsion.

But to the man destitute of Self-Control the particular instances

are on the contrary quite voluntary, being done with desire and

direct exertion of the will, but the general result is less

voluntary: since no man desires to form the habit.