"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

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Thematic Reflection

This quotation examines the core nature of Anger as articulated by Thucydides. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Anger provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

About Thucydides

Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.

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