478. The nature of emotions

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478. The nature of emotions

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The Stoics’ opinion is that anger can venture upon nothing by itself, without the approval of mind. It follows that we are in charge, not whatever circumstances happen to trigger our initial reactions.

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Oct 31, 2019

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