Aristotle:

Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

— Aristotle Ancient

Philosopher, logic, natural science

Context

From 'Nicomachean Ethics', Book II, Chapter 9.

Date / Period

c. 340 BCE

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