In this essay, we compare the ideas of two great philosophers of antiquity – Aristotle and Seneca – on the topic of anger. Although they had different approaches to the issue, both philosophers came to similar conclusions. Aristotle believed that anger is a natural human emotion that can have both positive and negative effects depending on how it is used. The philosopher concluded that “the best thing… would be neither to get angry nor yet fail to get angry, but instead neither failing nor becoming angry.” This means that a person should not strive to get rid of all their negative emotions but learn how to control them. Seneca, one of the most important representatives of Stoicism, went even further and suggested that anger is always destructive and the only way to get rid of it is to learn how to control it. The philosopher gave several methods that can help a person to do this. In general,