Kitap 2
11.7
those who are praised or eulogized either by poets or by prose writers.λογογράφοι means either the oldest Greek historians (or rather chroniclers), or the writers of speeches for use in the law courts, or of panegyrics. The opposite characters we despise; for contempt is the opposite of emulation, and the idea of emulation of the idea of contempt. And those who are in a condition which makes them emulate, or be emulated by, others, must be inclined to despise those personsκαὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις. According to Cope, an unnecessary parenthetical note (and on such occasions). Jebb refers both τούτων and τούτοις to persons: tend to show contempt to or about those who. The reason in the translation above is that they suffer from the want of the highly valued goods. (and for that reason) who suffer from defects contrary to the good things which excite emulation. That is why we often despise those who are fortunate, whenever their good fortune is not accompanied by highly valued goods. The means of producing and destroying the various emotions in men, from which the methods of persuasion that concern them are derived, have now been stated.
12.1
Let us now describe the nature of the characters of men according to their emotions, habits, ages, and fortunes.
