An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 30

1 BOOK II — CHAPTER 16: Concerning Anger.

2 Anger is the ebullition of the heart's blood produced by bilious exhalation or turbidity. Anger is sometimes lust for vengeance. For when we are wronged or think that we are wronged, we are distressed, and there arises this mixture of desire and anger.

3 There are three forms of anger: rage, when anger arises and begins to be roused; wrath, which implies that the bile endures, that is to say, that the memory of the wrong abides; and rancour, which implies watching for a suitable moment for revenge. Anger further is the satellite of reason, the vindicator of desire. For when we long after anything and are opposed in our desire by some one, we are angered at that person, as though we had been wronged.