(6) Incontinence applies to other things than Pleasure, as anger, honour, and gain (I.).
The third point (the Incontinent sin knowingly) is first mooted.
Sokrates held the contrary; he made vice and ignorance convertible.
Others think that the knowledge possessed by the incontinent is mere opinion, or a vague and weak conviction.

It is objected to No.

4, that continence implies evil desires to be controlled; while temperance means the character fully harmonized.

As to No.

2, Continence must often be bad, if it consists in sticking to an opinion (II.).
The third point, the only question of real interest or difficulty, is resumed at greater length.