| The second failing calls up the notions of weakness of will and akrasia. |
| They assume that since we are able to use the term akrasia, there must be someone precisely and narrowly circumscribed sort of action or character state to which the term is properly applicable. |
| I see no reason to expect that all instances of akrasia will be so alike that exactly the same explanation will cover them all. |
| If reason could create or destroy feelings, then Aristotle would not be faced with the problem of akrasia. |
| It's a powerful example of what the Greeks called akrasia — doing something against one's own better judgment. |
| The topic of akrasia, has aroused a great deal of discussion in recent years, that identify the Socratic position in the Protagoras as an explicit denial that such a phenomenon actually occurs. |
