The Futility of Anger in Changing Other People

Notes

1. §8.4.1Ὅτι — The introductory ὅτι is interpreted here either as introducing an independent clause with the ellipsis of a governing verb (such as "remember that...") or as an emphatic assertion.
2. §8.4.1κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς — κἂν is a contraction of καὶ ἐάν ("even if"). διαρραγῇς is the second-person singular aorist passive subjunctive of διαρρήγνυμι ("to burst"), serving here as a metaphorical expression for bursting with anger or frustration.