A bad man can do infinitely more harm than a brute. A man who acts badly by design does more harm than the brutish simpleton. The self-indulgent man is worse than the incontinent. The self-indulgent person pursues the pleasures to excess by choice, the temperate person observes moderation. The insensible person abstains from pleasure too much.
Incontinence is contrary to choice while vice is in accordance with choice.
The difference between vice and incontinence . The incontinent are not wicked but they do wicked things. For virtue preserves, while vice destroys, the first principle, and in conduct the first principle is the end. The incontinent person understands the first principle of virtue , but cannot resist the temptation of bodily pleasures. The licentious person has no qualms about pursuing excessive pleasures.