An idea from The Republic

You can be thirsty and still refuse a drink, so one part of you wants and another forbids. A third part, spirit, shows in a man named Leontius. He sees the bodies of executed men, wants to stare, is disgusted with himself, and finally runs over cursing his own eyes.

From The Republic by Plato

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