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There are people who partly agree with Socrates and partly not:

that nothing can be stronger than Knowledge they agree, but that

no man acts in contravention of his conviction of what is better

they do not agree; and so they say that it is not Knowledge, but

only Opinion, which the man in question has and yet yields to the

instigation of his pleasures.

But then, if it is Opinion and not Knowledge, that is it the

opposing conception be not strong but only mild (as in the case

of real doubt), the not abiding by it in the face of strong lusts

would be excusable: but wickedness is not excusable, nor is

anything which deserves blame.