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Idea from Meditations - Aurelius_et_al

Offenders Act From Ignorance of Good

Offenders Act From Ignorance of Good

Insight

Applied to social friction, the control principle becomes a discipline against anger: when someone wrongs you, recognize they have simply erred in their conception of good and evil, which converts indignation into pity and forgiveness.

Source Context

!Meditations - Aurelius_et_al#^ref-36747

Related Concepts

relationships | calm | expectation

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