[10]
Wherefore the sick, the
necessitous, [those at war], the lovesick, the thirsty, in a
word, all who desire something and cannot obtain it, are prone to anger and
easily excited, especially against those who make light of their present
condition; for instance, the sick man is easily provoked in regard to his
illness,1 the necessitous in regard to his
poverty, the warrior in regard
to warlike affairs, the
lover in regard to love affairs, and so with all the rest; for the passion2 present in his mind in each case paves the way for
his anger.
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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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