Anger and sin

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Often appears with: revenge vs justice · love of mankind · friendship and loyalty · forms of government · forgiveness of injuries · anger, revenge, and forgiveness

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“The best way of avenging thyself,” says the emperor, “is not to become like, the wrongdoer.” Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius · precept

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus · composed during the reign and campaigns of Marcus Aurelius; tradition places major composition in the 2nd century CE
Section. I have also added a “1.” before the first “thought” in each > BOOK XII. (16/22)

It summarizes Marcus Aurelius’s teaching to love mankind, follow God, and forgive injuries: anger can be natural, but revenge must be rejected in favor of pity and reflection.

upper and lower teeth. To act against one another then is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away” (II. 1). Further he says: “Take pleasure in one thing, and rest in it in passing from one social act to another social act, thinking of God” (VI. 7). Again: “Love mankind. Follow God” (VI. 31). It is the characteristic of the rational soul for a man to love his neighbor (XI…