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and those who are not influenced by any courageous
emotion, such as anger or confidence, for these emotions do not take thought of
the future and those who are not in a wantonly insolent frame of mind, for they
also take no thought of future suffering; but it is those who are between the
two extremes that feel pity. Those who are not in great fear; for those who are
panic-stricken are incapable of pity, because they are preoccupied with their
own emotion.
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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