Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics book 7 | Self-Restraint (Enkrateia) | Philosophy Core Concepts

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This video focuses on Aristotle's work, the Nicomachean Ethics, and examines his discussion in book 7 about a good moral state, self-control or self-restraint (enkrateia). A person who is self-controlled knows what the right or good thing to do is, and does that, but has to struggle against their desire to do something else.

This is the state opposed to akrasia, or lack/loss of self-control. Self-control is not the same state as moral virtue (arete), but is similar to it in that the person who is self-controlled does what a virtuous person does, but with a different motivation.

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