Like the kal shebekalim, he too fails to wage war against his evil impulse when it is required of him. Yet, this still does not explain the requirement that one consider oneself lower than every man. In what way is he worse than the kal shebekalim?

With a scholar, the reverse is true: an oversight due to lack of study is adjudged as being as grave as a deliberate sin. Thus, his failure to restrain his evil impulse is indeed worse than the failure of the kal shebekalim.