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Napoleon at Fontainebleau by Hippolyte Paul Delaroche. Painted in 1846, the painting depicts Napoleon on the day Paris capitulated to the invading allied armies on 31 March, 1814. Courtesy the Royal Collection by Rebecca Roache + BIO Napoleon at Fontainebleau by Hippolyte Paul Delaroche. Painted in 1846, the painting depicts Napoleon on the day Paris capitulated to the invading allied armies on 31 March, 1814. Courtesy the Royal Collection is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She works on various issues in applied philosophy, and hosts The Academic Imperfectionist podcast. She lives in Oxfordshire. Edited byNigel Warburton JD Lin I find this essay outstanding. Thank you. I admit that I’m a master at sulking and I’ve allowed it to affect my professional career. I’d like to replace my behavior with something -anything- more mature, productive and effective, but I lack the tools. Jasenko Ramljak I have registered just so that I can express my gratitu

Homer’s Iliad opens with some epic ancient Greek sulking. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, is forced to return Chryseis, the woman he won as a prize following a battle at Troy. Annoyed, he seizes Briseis, the woman-trophy of Achilles, the Greeks’ star fighter. Achilles wails that it’s unfair, announces that he’s going home, and flounces off to his tent. Fine, replies Agamemnon. Go home, I never liked you anyway. Most of us will never experience the frustration of having our human trophy confiscated by a king, but there are familiar aspects of Achilles’ plight. Like Achilles, you might be a…

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