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“The [Greek: enkrates] is he who has bad or unruly appetites, but whose reason is strong enough to keep them under.”
Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Section 43·384-322 BCE

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Aristotle
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384-322 BCE · Peripatetic Philosophy
Greek philosopher and polymath.
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