How to Think Like a Roman Emperor with Donald Robertson
The Mindset Advantage
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Stoicism Cures Anger
Efosop: Stoicism cures anger in a number of ways. The stoics, following socrates, introduced what we call a cognitive theory of emotion. This is really absolutely defineas ef position, and it inspires modern cognitive psychotherapy. Soit has a big influence and how you understand the votions and psychology. To day,. when someone says they're angry, it's not just a feeling. It’s not u sychic and physiological phenomenon. But Anger consists of attitudes, beliefs, values that can be true or false. And alis hesitates to stop being rational for reasons such as ‘It’s just a feeling right? Like so
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