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Full Idea
Other vile passions affect only the worst sort of men, but anger creeps up even on enlightened me who are otherwise sane.
Gist of Idea
Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad
Source
Seneca the Younger (On Anger (Book 3) [c.60], §04)
Book Ref
Seneca: 'Dialogues and Essays', ed/tr. Davie,John [Penguin 2007], p.21
A Reaction
A very interesting observation for anyone who is trying to analyse the key issues in virtue theory.
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| 140 | Self-indulgent desire makes friendship impossible, because it makes a person incapable of co-operation [Plato] |
| 254 | Excessive laughter and tears must be avoided [Plato] |
| 23908 | If someone just looks at or listens to beautiful things, they would not be thought intemperate [Aristotle] |
| 2813 | It is quite possible to live a moderate life and yet be miserable [Aristotle] |
| 13308 | It's no good winning lots of fights, if you are then conquered by your own temper [Seneca] |
| 13312 | Excessive curiosity is a form of intemperance [Seneca] |
| 13552 | Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca] |
| 13553 | Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca] |
| 22399 | Temperance prevents our passions from acting against reason [Aquinas] |
| 22403 | Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot] |