Confessions - Is There a Virtue of Contourance?

In Confessions 8 in Chapter 27, he describes the first time that he actually perceives the virtue of continents or temperance as good for himself. But because he has this other habit, this habit of incontinent actions, there's a competition between this new motivation and his previous lifestyle. So now he has warring motivations and the actual consent doesn't come until paragraph 29. He sees Ambrose and he sees other philosophers who are either living a completely celibate life to be philosophers or to do, you know, sort of to engage in contemplation of God. And gee, if you could make me that type of person without my having to do anything to get myself into that state