Taming Anger: The Hellenic Approach to the Limitations of Reason

by Kostas Kalimtzis

Book Overview

From Homer to Aristotle, understanding anger and harnessing its power was at the core of Hellenic civilization. Homer created the framework for philosophical inquiries into anger, one that persisted until it was overturned by Stoicism and Christianity. Plato saw anger as the guardian of justice and Aristotle conceived of it as bound to friendship. Yet both showed that anger can become a guardian of injustice and a defender of our psychological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472504437
• ISBN13: 9781472504432
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"