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When therefore there is present in the mind on the one hand a universal
judgement forbidding you to taste and on the other hand a universal judgement saying
‘All sweet things are pleasant,’ and a minor premise ‘Yonder
thing is sweet’ （and it is this minor premise that is active1） , and when desire is
present at the same time, then, though the former universal judgement says
‘Avoid that thing,’ the desire leads you to it （since desire
can put the various parts of the body in motion）. Thus it comes about that when
men fail in self-restraint, they act in a sense under the influence of a principle or
opinion, but an opinion not in itself but only accidentally opposed to the right principle
1 i.e., determines action （ Ross）.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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