A useful definition for anger can be found in Aristotle, which is also the starting point for an established Western _________ of reflection. Here, anger is a response to _________ damage to something or someone one cares about, and a damage that the angry person believes to have been _________ inflicted.
A useful definition for anger can be found in Aristotle, which is also the starting point for an established Western _________ of reflection. Here, anger is a response to _________ damage to something or someone one cares about, and a damage that the angry person believes to have been _________ inflicted.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
Aristotle is the starting point of a Western ___ of reflection. Anger = response to ___ damage that the angry person believes was ___ inflicted.
Answer: Option 2 - tradition; significant; wrongfully.
- 'Western tradition of reflection' - standard collocation
- 'Significant damage' - anger over trivial damage isn't justified
- 'Wrongfully inflicted' - matches Aristotle's view: anger responds to perceived wrong
Elimination:
- 'Unsuspectingly' - wrong direction (suggests the inflictor didn't suspect)
- 'Uncannily' - inflicted weirdly? doesn't fit
- 'Erroneously' - merely mistaken; doesn't carry the moral weight of anger
Tip: All three blanks must work together. 'Wrongfully' is the key word - anger responds to WRONG, not to accident or mistake.