Kitap 2
3.5
And towards those who admit and are sorry for a slight; for finding as it were satisfaction in the pain the offenders feel at what they have done, men cease to be angry. Evidence of this may be seen in the punishment of slaves; for we punish more severely those who contradict us and deny their offence, but cease to be angry with those who admit that they are justly punished. The reason is that to deny what is evident is disrespect, and disrespect is slight and contempt;
3.6
anyhow, we show no respect for those for whom we entertain a profound contempt. Men also are mild towards those who humble themselves before them and do not contradict them, for they seem to recognize that they are inferior; now, those who are inferior are afraid, and no one who is afraid slights another. Even the behavior of dogs proves that anger ceases towards those who humble themselves, for they do not bite those who sit down.ἐξαπίνης δ’ Ὀδυσῆα ἴδον κύνες ὑλακόμωποι· οἱ μὲν κεκλήγοντες ἐπέδραμον· αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεύς ἕζετο κερδοσύνῃ (Hom. Od. 14.29-31).
3.7
And men are mild towards those who are serious with them when they are serious, for they think they are being treated seriously, not with contempt.
3.8
And towards those who have rendered them greater services.That is, greater than their present disservices. And towards those who want something and deprecate their anger, for they are humbler.
