PhilGoetz comments on Silver Chairs, Paternalism, and Akrasia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 07:45:10PM 1 point [-]

Akrasia, both the term and its first instance, are from Plato (Wikipedia backs me up on this ;) ).

Not surprising, since Paul is sometimes called the Platonizer of Christianity.