... listen to reason. A person can either be reasoned out of an emotion, like anger or self-pity, or can reason themselves out of it, by deciding to cheer themselves up when they're feeling sad etc. Aristotle felt that emotions are due to beliefs. If you believe that someone has wronged you, then you feel angry. If the belief is changed, then the emotion can be changed. So, if you decide, after more careful consideration of the facts, that in fact, the person has not caused you any harm, then you will stop feeling angry. The Stoics, such as Seneca, on the other hand, disagree with Aristotle. Seneca held the Stoic view that emotions should be almost entirely eradicated. He believed that emotions are reasoned judgements and that most emotions are mistaken judgements. For example, the initial judgement of danger one might make when seeing a spider, causes bodily feelings such ...

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