Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Anger is weakness

In explaining that we have nothing to fear from the gods, Epicurus (like Marcus Aurelius) depicts anger as a form of weakness.

"The blessed and immortal is itself free from trouble nor does it cause trouble for anyone else; therefore it is not constrained either by anger or by favor. For such sentiments exist only in the weak."

- Epicurus

No comments:

Post a Comment