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But, of the different forms of Imperfect Self-Control, those are

better who are carried off their feet by a sudden access of

temptation than they who have Reason but do not abide by it;

these last being overcome by passion less in degree, and not

wholly without premeditation as are the others: for the man of

Imperfect Self-Control is like those who are soon intoxicated and

by little wine and less than the common run of men.

Well then, that Imperfection of Self-Control is not Confirmed

Viciousness is plain: and yet perhaps it is such in a way,

because in one sense it is contrary to moral choice and in

another the result of it:[18] at all events, in respect of the

actions, the case is much like what Demodocus said of the

Miletians. "The people of Miletus are not fools, but they do just

the kind of things that fools do;" and so they of Imperfect

Self-Control are not unjust, but they do unjust acts.