| 1. | She contends that akrasia is manifested in different stages of the practical reasoning process.
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| 2. | The word " akrasia " occurs twice in the Koine Greek New Testament.
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| 3. | Acrasia is itself a play on the Greek akrasia that describes loss of free will.
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| 4. | Now, without recourse to appetitive desires, Aristotle reasons that akrasia occurs as a result of opinion.
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| 5. | Aristotle on the other hand took a more empirical approach to the question, acknowledging that we intuitively believe in akrasia.
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| 6. | Another contemporary philosopher, Am�lie Rorty ( 1980 ) has tackled the problem by distilling out akrasia's many forms.
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| 7. | She enumerates four types of akrasia : akrasia of direction or aim, of interpretation, of irrationality, and of character.
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| 8. | She enumerates four types of akrasia : akrasia of direction or aim, of interpretation, of irrationality, and of character.
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| 9. | These he discusses next, under tendencies that are neither vice nor " akrasia ", but more animal-like.
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| 10. | The Apostle Paul also gives the threat of temptation through akrasia as a reason for a husband and wife to not deprive each other of sex ( ).
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