@Rjrasva Perhaps it’s not in our Indo-European genetic heritage to behave in such an extreme manner, though to some extent can be cultivated
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Missed this earlier, emotional restraint was valued among IE, just that J retain it (& Samurai were expected to show more
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restraint than lower groups). Examples r Pericles https://twitter.com/Rjrasva/status/642542031903006720 … and Seneca's tale about Cambyses & Praexaspes
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Praexaspes calmly replies, "Apollo himself could not have made a more unerring shot." https://books.google.ca/books?id=7OUI67hz7SwC&pg=PA129&dq=Apollo+himself+could+not+have+made+a+more+unerring+shot&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOoN7qp5PQAhXI7iYKHdaNAeYQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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