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==Philosophical perspectives==
===Antiquity===
 
[[Image:Galen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Greek physician [[Claudius Galen|Galen]] developed a hatred for anger .<ref>Galen, 180’/1963, p. 38)
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Ancient philosophers argued that anger can be only experienced by humans: animals cannot become angry because they lack reason.<ref name="AngerTheory"/> Ancient Greek philosophers, describing and commenting on the uncontrolled anger, particularly toward slaves, in their society generally showed a hostile attitude towards anger. [[Galen]] and [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]] regarded anger as a kind of madness. They all rejected the spontaneous, uncontrolled fits of anger and agreed on both the possibility and value of controlling anger. There were however disagreements regarding the value of anger. For Seneca, anger was "worthless even for war."<ref name="AngerTheory"/> Seneca believed that: