Kitap 2
2.22
for friends sympathize and all men are pained to see their own faults exposed.The real friend, therefore, would feel as much pain as the other whose faults are exposed. And further, with those who slight them before five classes of persons: namely, their rivals, those whom they admire, those by whom they would like to be admired, those whom they respect, or those who respect them; when anyone slights them before these, their anger is greater.
2.23
They are also angry with those who slight such persons as it would be disgraceful for them not to defend, for instance, parents, children, wives, and dependents.Cope translates rulers and governors; but can ἄρχεσθαι be used in a middle sense? And with those who are ungrateful,To avoid the apparent tautology ( 2.17), Roemer (Rhein. Mus. 39 p. 503) boldly conjectures χαίρειν: not to return another's greeting. for the slight is contrary to all sense of obligation.
2.24
And with those who employ irony, when they themselves are in earnest;
2.25
for irony shows contempt. And with those who do good to others, but not to them; for not to think them worthy of what they bestow upon all others also shows contempt.
2.26
Forgetfulness also is a cause of anger, such as forgetting names, although it is a mere trifle, since even forgetfulness seems a sign of slight; for it is caused by indifference, and indifference is a slight.
