evidence: Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics (most likely written for his son), said that "to experience [fear, confidence, desire, anger, pity, etc.] at the right time, toward the right objects, toward the right people, for the right reason, and in the best manner - that is the median and the best course, the course that is a mark of arete." Book II, ch. 6 (1106b20) [...] Aristotle dealt with this issue when he said: