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  2. De Ira - Wikipedia

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    Seneca's main sources were Stoic.J. Fillion-Lahille has argued that the first book of the De Ira was inspired by the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus' (3rd-century BC) treatise On Passions (Peri Pathôn), whereas the second and third drew mainly from a later Stoic philosopher, Posidonius (1st-century BC), who had also written a treatise On Passions and differed from Chrysippus in giving a bigger ...

  3. Revenge - Wikipedia

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    Revenge is a label that is ascribed based on perceivers’ attributions for the act. Revenge is an inference, regardless of whether the individuals making the inference are the harmdoers themselves, the injured parties, or outsiders. Because revenge is an inference, various individuals can disagree on whether the same action is revenge or not ...

  4. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    If separating words using spaces is also permitted, the total number of known possible meanings rises to 58. [38] Czech has the syllabic consonants [r] and [l], which can stand in for vowels. A well-known example of a sentence that does not contain a vowel is StrĨ prst skrz krk, meaning "stick your finger through the neck."

  5. Golden Rule - Wikipedia

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    Kali's morality - a literary example of character not using the Golden Rule; Norm of reciprocity, social norm of in-kind responses to the behavior of others; Reciprocity (cultural anthropology), way of defining people's informal exchange of goods and labour; Reciprocity (evolution), mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation

  6. Cycle of violence - Wikipedia

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    The term cycle of violence refers to repeated and dangerous acts of violence as a cyclical pattern, [1] associated with high emotions and doctrines of retribution or revenge. [citation needed] The pattern, or cycle, repeats and can happen many times during a relationship. [1]

  7. Revanchism - Wikipedia

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    In Albert Bettannier's La Tache Noire (The Black Stain, 1887) French students are taught about the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine, taken by Germany in 1871.. Revanchism (French: revanchisme, from revanche, "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement.

  8. List of manifestos of mass killers - Wikipedia

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    These attackers, who tend to be younger, are likely to target places related to the group they are against, such as government or religious buildings, or educational facilities. Killers in this group tended to be younger. Examples of the authors of such manifestos include Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, Brenton Tarrant, and Charles Bishop. [7]

  9. Prosecutorial vindictiveness - Wikipedia

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    For example, in United States v. DeMarco, the court found actual vindictiveness where the government threatened to "up the ante" to discourage a defendant from exercising his right to change the trial venue. [7] A showing of actual vindictiveness is sufficient to prove a violation of the defendant's due process rights.