Tuesday, June 9, 2026

III.D23: Envy Defined

Invidia est odium quatenus hominem ita afficit ut ex alterius felicitate contristetur et contra ut ex alterius malo gaudeat.

Envy is hatred insofar as it affects a person in such a way that one is saddened by the good fortune of another and rejoices at the misfortune of another.

EXPLICATIO: Invidiæ opponitur communiter misericordia quæ proinde invita vocabuli significatione sic definiri potest. 

Compassion is commonly placed opposite to envy which by inviting the meaning of the word is thus able to be defined. 

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