How would Socrates deal with anger?
The philosophy of Socrates can help us to overcome our own anger
In Plato’s Republic, Socrates says that when a good man knows that he is in the wrong, and being punished justly, his spirit will not feel anger. On the other hand, when a man believes that he has been wronged, and that he is a victim of injustice, his spirit will “seethe and grow fierce.”
He will seek justice, says Socrates, and his anger, and desire f…
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