Editing Anger (section)

====Control methods====
[[Maimonides]] considered being given to uncontrollable passions as a kind of illness. Like Galen, Maimonides suggested seeking out a philosopher for curing this illness just as one seeks out a physician for curing bodily illnesses. Roger Bacon elaborates Seneca's advices. Many medieval writers discuss at length the evils of anger and the virtues of temperance. In a discussion of [[Confession (religion)|confession]], [[John Mirk]], an English 14th-century [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] writer, tells priests how to advise the [[penance|penitent]] by considering the spiritual and social consequences of anger:<ref name="AngerTheory"/>
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{{blockquote|<poem>''Agaynes wraþþe hys helpe schal be,''
''Ʒef he haue grace in herte to se''
''How aungelus, when he ys wroth,''
''From hym faste flen and goth,''
''And fendes faste to hym renneth,''
''And wyþ fuyre of helle hys herte breneth,''
''And maketh hym so hote & hegh,''
''Þat no mon may byde hym negh.''<ref>Edward Peacock (editor), revised by F.J. Furnivall (1902). [https://archive.org/stream/instructionsfor00furngoog#page/n67/mode/2up ''Instructions for Parish Priests by John Myrc'', p.48, lines 1567–74], Trübner, accessed 15 December 2014 at [[Internet Archive]].</ref></poem>}}
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{{blockquote|<poem>'Against wrath his help shall be,
if he has grace in heart to see,
how angels, should his anger rise,
flee fast from him and go
and demons run to him in haste;
hell's fury burns his heart
and makes him so hot and high
that none may stand him nigh.</poem>}}
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In ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'', [[Avicenna|Ibn Sina]] (Avicenna) modified the theory of [[temperament]]s and argued that anger heralded the transition of [[melancholia]] to mania, and explained that [[humidity]] inside the head can contribute to such [[mood disorder]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Amber |last=Haque |year=2004 |title=Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists |journal=Journal of Religion and Health |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=357–377 [366] |doi=10.1007/s10943-004-4302-z |s2cid=38740431 }}</ref>

On the other hand, [[Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi]] classified anger (along with aggression) as a type of [[neurosis]],<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Amber |last=Haque |year=2004 |title=Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists |journal=Journal of Religion and Health |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=357–377 [362] |doi=10.1007/s10943-004-4302-z |s2cid=38740431 }}</ref> while al-Ghazali argued that anger takes form in rage, indignation and revenge, and that "the powers of the [[Soul (spirit)|soul]] become balanced if it keeps anger under control".<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Amber |last=Haque |year=2004 |title=Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists |journal=Journal of Religion and Health |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=357–377 [366–368] |doi=10.1007/s10943-004-4302-z |s2cid=38740431 }}</ref>