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Further, if a man wished to do it and
there was no external obstacle; if he was able to do it and was in a state of
anger; if he was able and desired to do it; for men as a rule, whenever they
can, do those things which they long for, the vicious owing to want of
self-control, the virtuous because they desire what is good.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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