Book 2
10.11
And it is clear at what things and persons the envious rejoice, and in what frame of mind; for, as when they do not possess certain things, they are pained, so when they do possess them, they will rejoice in the opposite circumstances.The same state of mind which is absent in the painful feeling will be present in the joy excited by the opposite occasions, meaning that, if one set of circumstances produces pain, the opposite will produce pleasure (Cope). Or, omitting οὐκ before ἔχοντες, For in the same frame of mind as they are pained (at another's good fortune) they will rejoice in the contrary state of things (at another's bad fortune). So that if the judges are brought into that frame of mind, and those who claim their pity or any other boon are such as we have stated, it is plain that they will not obtain pity from those with whom the decision rests.
