Seneca: Of Anger Book 3 - Audiobook & Summary

De Ira (On Anger) is a Latin work by Seneca (4 BC–65 AD). The work defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers therapeutic advice on how to prevent and control anger.

Translated by Aubrey Stewart
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Notes:
1: Treatment depends on the degree of anger and on the personality of the individual.
2: Anger affects all peoples and not just individuals but sometimes entire nations.
3: Despite all its terrible faults, many still believe anger to be a virtue.
4: Anger dominates one’s mind and removes one’s freedom; a man in the grip of anger acts like an animal.
5: To help avoid becoming angry, remind yourself frequently of its vices. How far more glorious it is to be impervious to insults than to revenge them.
6: “There is no greater proof of magnanimity than that nothing which befalls you should be able to move you to anger.” Avoid scattering your attention on many projects or taking on things beyond your ability, doing so leads to anger.
7: Be neither petty nor yet reckless in your projects. Before beginning, estimate your power and the power needed to complete it. Failure moves the hot blooded to anger, the cold blooded to sorrow.
8: Associate with good tempered people, we copy our habits from those around us. Avoid or check disputes before they become rooted and grow.
9: Cut out things that aggravate you, like law courts and politics. You can adjust your life such that you are less exposed to anger.
10: We don’t all take offense in the same way. Determine what your weak point is and guard against it.
11: Don’t go looking for things to take offense at. It is possible to turn offenses into something to be laughed at.
12: Many de..