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Again, there is a character liable to be taken off his feet in

defiance of Right Reason because of passion; whom passion so far

masters as to prevent his acting in accordance with Right Reason,

but not so far as to make him be convinced that it is his proper

line to follow after such pleasures without limit: this character

is the man of Imperfect Self- Control, better than he who is

utterly destitute of it, and not a bad man simply and without

qualification: because in him the highest and best part, i.e.

principle, is preserved: and there is another character opposed

to him who is apt to abide by his resolutions, and not to depart

from them; at all events, not at the instigation of passion.

It is evident then from all this, that Self-Control is a good

state and the Imperfection of it a bad one.

Chapter VIII.