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    Why we need to be angry sometimes (regardless what the Stoics say)

    Menno van der Land / May 7, 2020

    I don’t know about you, but I can get quite angry sometimes. It doesn’t happen often, but things like injustice, cheating and disrespectful behavior can really piss me off. It is a trait…

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Quick Facts

Home base: Leiden, The Netherlands

Education: PhD in political science

Philosophy: existentialism & pragmatism

Personality type: INTJ-A, critical thinker & ambivert

Political orientation: liberal-minded democrat

Into: travel, philosophy, photography, politics, wine, good food & good conversation

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