“There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids it, is learned and temperate”
– Socrates
Definitions:
- Habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions (virtuesforlife)
- Moderation in action, thought, and feeling (MW)
- Avoiding extremes of behavior, especially with relation to appetites (CAM)
Vices:
- Deficit: intemperance, the inability to control one’s passions