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How Stoicism Cures Anger

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How Stoicism Cures Anger

Ancient Philosophy as a Therapy for Violent Passions

Donald J. Robertson
Mar 5, 2021
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How Stoicism Cures Anger

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One of the most celebrated physicians and medical researchers of the ancient world, Galen of Pergamon, wrote a book about mental illness, called On Passions and Errors of the Soul. The passion considered most dangerous by Galen and other ancient writers is anger. That’s because anger is, in a sense, the most interpersonal of emotions. It poses a threat …

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