But there is a sort of man who is carried away as a result of passion and contrary to right reason a man whom passion masters so that he does not act according to right reason, but does not master to the extent of making him ready to believe that he ought to pursue such pleasures without reserve; this is the incontinent man, who is better than the self indulgent man, and not bad without qualification; for the best thing in him, the first principle, is preserved.