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And if they think that
they themselves are wrong and deserve what they suffer, for anger is not aroused
against what is just; they no longer think that they are being treated otherwise
than they should be, which, as we have said, is the essence of anger. Wherefore
we should inflict a preliminary verbal chastisement, for even slaves are less
indignant at punishment
of this kind.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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