Kitap 2
10.1
It is equally clear for what reason, and of whom, and in what frame of mind, men are envious, if envy is a kind of pain at the sight of good fortune in regard to the goods mentioned; in the case of those like themselves; and not for the sake of a man getting anything, but because of others possessing it. For those men will be envious who have, or seem to have, others like them.
10.2
I mean like in birth, relationship, age, moral habit, reputation, and possessions. And those will be envious who possess all but one of these advantagesIf some one else possesses the one thing which they think necessary to complete their happiness, they are envious of him, because they consider it ought to be theirs.; that is why those who attempt great things and succeed are envious, because they think that every one is trying to deprive them of their own.
10.3
And those who are honored for some special reason, especially for wisdom or happiness. And the ambitious are more envious than the unambitious. And those who are wise in their own conceit, for they are ambitious of a reputation for wisdom; and, in general, those who wish to be distinguished in anything are envious in regard to it. And the little-minded, because everything appears to them to be great.
