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Can anger be a form of compassion?
Anger is frequently viewed as a feeling that must be managed or repressed. However, poet David Whyte sees it as one of the most profound expressions of compassion accessible to humankind. Aristotle maintained that anger can be virtuous when aimed at the correct individual, at the appropriate moment and in the proper degree, for the right purpose and motive. Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas similarly suggested that a complete lack of anger may be a vice when action is needed to restore justice. In contrast, Persian Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali advocated forbearance, or Ḥilm: a state in…
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