Akrasia

Yeah.

And there's this problem that, like, the Greek philosophers used to call akrasia, which is basically weakness of will.

And they said, like, basically anybody who knows what they're doing is wrong will stop doing it.

And if you're doing something wrong, that's because you lack knowledge.

He did.

In Greek philosophy, this problem is called akrasia.

Akrasia.

Which translates roughly to incontinence or weakness of will.

It is the very common phenomenon of acting against your own better judgment.

And this was a huge debate even before Aristotle, right? Because Socrates had a very optimistic, almost naive take on this.

Oh, incredibly optimistic.

Socrates famously argued that Akrasia was completely impossible.