Kitap 2
3.9
And towards those who refrain from insulting, mocking, or slighting anyone, or any virtuous man, or those who resemble themselves.
3.10
And generally speaking, one can determine the reasons that make for mildness by their opposites. Thus, men are mild towards those whom they fear or respect, as long as they feel so towards them, for it is impossible to be afraid and angry at the same time.
3.11
And against those who have acted in anger they either feel no anger or in a less degree, for they do not seem to have acted from a desire to slight. For no one slights another when angry, since slight is free from pain, but anger is accompanied by it.
3.12
And men are not angry with those who usually show respect for them.They regard the disrespectful treatment as merely a temporary lapse.
3.12
It is also evident that those are mild whose condition is contrary to that which excites anger, as when laughing, in sport, at a feast, in prosperity, in success, in abundance,πλήρωσις: lit. filling up. The reference may be to the fulfillment of one's desires, or to repletion in the matter of food (L. and S.), which seems less likely; in fulness of content (Jebb). and, in general, in freedom from pain, in pleasure which does not imply insult, or in virtuous hope. Further, those whose anger is of long standing and not in its full flush, for time appeases anger.
