• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    A tad bit more western, there’s Seneca’s “Of Anger”. For the Stoics any emotion that dulls, no matter how slightly, rationality and thus wisdom is a vice, generally summed up under the term passions.

    The virtuous way to go about is is to find whatever righteous indignation there is, let wisdom dwell on it, if it indeed was righteous then act, which will be indifference (because you realised it’s immaterial / you can’t do anything), forgiving, or cold-blooded (whatever of the two achieves the goal) but never anger. Wisdom got involved, it can’t be.

    Bonus Bruce Lee