How The Stoics Manage Anger

The Stoics spoke a lot about emotion and anger, and how the management of our emotions is an important part of living a good and happy life.
Stoicism teaches us that when we're ruled by our emotions, or ruled by our anger, we allow the external events around us to control our behaviour and drag us around wherever the events of the day choose to go. This loss of control risks us moving away from the person we want to be and the life we want to live.
Therefore in order to live a good, moral and happy life, we need to learn to manage anger and manager our emotions. This video looks to Stoicism and Stoics like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca to learn how to do exactly that.
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[@fullmetalalkami6466]

I used to be an extremely aggressive person (still not great) and always far too reactive. If you can learn to take even a few seconds to stop and calibrate your thoughts before acting on rage life becomes easier. Controlling emotions is key to nearly everything

[@OrionPhilosophy]

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[@crownedprincemalik999]

Still a pussc tho. How did u overcome your bitchassness I'm curious?

[@lilmanbazooka7944]

I’ve been throwing myself head first into teaching of stoics philosophers and god and it’s been making me a much happier person. I actually feel it’s more accurate to say I’m no longer miserable when I own the problems in my life and am a controlled person

[@paulx7620]

This is probably my biggest problem with my character. I have to remember that anger is the devils cocain. Thank you.

[@OrionPhilosophy]

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[@sahamal_savu]

I found in my experience that anger was often covering over other emotions that I was repressing or felt I couldn't express (sadness, vulnerability). And unlinke Marcus Aurelius points out, it seemed to me to be more in line with 'manliness' to be angry than to be weeping or timid, at least when I was a young man. I was very much akin to a wild beast as Epictetus so aptly describes, in thought and action. Without philosophical ideas from Stoicism and Buddhism/Hinduism as well as dedication to doing the shadow work necessary to reshape my behaviors I would likely still be operating on the level of a wild beast, harming myself and others.

[@OrionPhilosophy]

Well put 🙏

[@Rymrgand]

This is now apart of my morning routine

[@johnbyrne2127]

" Anger is momentary Madness . " - Horace . -

[@johnbyrne2127]

" Anger makes dull men witty , but keeps them poor . " - Francis Bacon . -

[@morgan9904]

The other night, I lashed out towards my aunt and said some hurtful things out of anger. It is good to come back to this video, and I pray I will never come back to this video out of regret of a situation that I have caused out of anger. I’m sorry, Titi.

[@davedismantled]

Correct, righteous anger should be embraced. We have emotions - all emotions - for reasons we do not always fathom. To deny righteous anger when it is not only required - but expected - is to deny ones humanity. From the context of petty anger, I would agree that it is not productive and can be detrimental. The two should be distinguished from one another.

[@henry6525]

Righteous but with cool head.

[@dropdead916]

This is an important video that must be shared with everyone.

[@OrionPhilosophy]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@dreampaw8658]

Thanks!

[@johnc339]

Indifference to the aggravations of life seems to better way to avoid rage.

[@fernandoorozco5968]

Thank you

[@OrionPhilosophy]

You're welcome 🙏

[@Nazer985]

Thank you for this amazing video, i have anger issues (improving more and more) and seeing thoses words helped me understand more how to fix them ❤

[@OrionPhilosophy]

No problem, glad it was helpful!

[@carissanelson-7536]

Thank you for this

[@OrionPhilosophy]

No problem 😊

[@_themasteroflife_]

Great ❤Love this one❤

[@OrionPhilosophy]

Glad you like it!

[@henry6525]

Even in a fight the coolhead wins over blinded by anger opponent.

[@OrionPhilosophy]

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[@BasementBerean]

About a week ago I got so fleetingly angry at something in the kitchen that I slammed the microwave door hard enough to shatter the corner of a plastic trim piece above the door handle. It doesn't degrade the microwave functionality at all, but it is likely not fixable either. I put the pieces in a plastic bag just in case I figure out a way to fix it, but five minutes later I couldn't even remember why I was so angry. Point taken. (And this is a range microwave that costs a lot to replace.)

[@henry6525]

Microwave destroys food and bad for your health. It deserves to be angry at ;)

[@kartikayjain1912]

do you know jordan b peterson. do like what he tells, explains things about life in general? I've been watching both of you for quite some time now and i am seeing quite some similarities.

[@OrionPhilosophy]

I generally agree with what he says. There's a lot of common ground between Greek philosophy and psychology. Thanks for watching 🙏

[@hubofQuotesandinfo]

Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them....

[@kraizil]

Idk what’s wrong with me all That I know and understand and I’m still broken

[@HidaAtarasi]

If possible, bunk Wrath and Sloth together; they’ll keep each other out of trouble.

[@mz5403]

first

[@OrionPhilosophy]

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[@simengrandal6898]

Why do ppl even want to act on rage and anger when the consequences are so destructive for their life? If one can control happiness, sadness and fear, one can for sure control anger too. There is no difference there.

[@henry6525]

Chemical reaction.

[@gilldoyle3295]

I don’t agree with the facts you say about the wild animals .. they practice life on the right way!!

[@GodAloneIsGood]

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector 19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

[@isualg]

5:31

[@jarvyk2257]

Thank you

[@OrionPhilosophy]

You're welcome