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So then in the man of Perfected Self-Mastery, the appetitive

principle must be accordant with Reason: for what is right is the

mark at which both principles aim: that is to say, the man of

perfected self-mastery desires what he ought in right manner and

at right times, which is exactly what Reason directs. Let this be

taken for our account of Perfected Self-Mastery.

BOOK IV

Chapter I.

We will next speak of Liberality. Now this is thought to be the

mean state, having for its object-matter Wealth: I mean, the

Liberal man is praised not in the circumstances of war, nor in

those which constitute the character of perfected self-mastery,

nor again in judicial decisions, but in respect of giving and

receiving Wealth, chiefly the former. By the term Wealth I mean

"all those things whose worth is measured by money."