It is really geeky of me to know this, but the original meaning of “catharsis” was in fact a physical purging. Aristotle was the first one to use it to mean an emotional purging or release.
It is really geeky of me to know this, but the original meaning of “catharsis” was in fact a physical purging. Aristotle was the first one to use it to mean an emotional purging or release.