
Ep. 247: Aristotle on Rhetoric and Emotions (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Are You Really Being Belittled?
If you watch people play basket ball, or if you've ever played it and gotten angry while you're playing, there's plenty of opportunity to feel disrespected. But yet, what you can say to yourself rationally about these things is much different than just how it feels when xerxe whips the sea. It's someone who's acting on a fundamental psychological dynamic that's there, even though we're not as likely to act on it. This is where it goes down. Youre your will to power, right? It's not just thwarting your desires, thwartingyour will to power,. And that is what is making you angry.
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