Envy (Invidia)

Question 1

Agamemnon envies Achilles (Iliad)- source begins with envy by taking concubine from him, and devils envy of Adam and Eve (Bible - two foundational text for the West).

….. breads envy which breads …..

Answer 1

Pride
wrath

Question 2

Pride coming before the fall:

Once fallen, what rises may trouble everyone (because s/he may have developed ….

Answer 2

envy

Question 3

Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour: A Theory of Social Behavior by Schoeck:
Highlights than Cain once expelled for killing Abel (arose out of envy) goes and builds first ….

Envy necessary for creation of civilisation. Envy has dual nature depending on how it is channelled

Answer 3

city

Question 4

Hidden admiration - if healthy, leads to …..

Answer 4

emulation

Question 5

…. directed not at alleviating working class condition - instead destroying position of bourgeois and industrial working class. Politics of envy brought in.

Answer 5

Marxism

Question 6

I envy the most people who are nearest to me in excellence but in egalitarianism, everyone on same level. Envy now more …. - wider remit.

Answer 6

pervasive

Question 7

Foregoing or losing excellence for a particular craft in return of external good i.e. for money, honour, fame, popularity.

Connected to envy - focusing on how that person is rewarded and how it is detrimental to you.
Not focusing on the skills required for that person to get to where they are and trying to …..

People not pursuing goals for the right reason.

Answer 7

emulate

Question 8

Luxuria- seen as something that will eventually corrode people to degenerate - basically dissipate in nothingness.
Hence why used to have ….. laws

England 14th century - prohibiting people from eating meat more than once a day. To help retain …. ….

Answer 8

sumptuary
spartan spirit.

Question 9

Uniform to erase difference between more affluent and less affluent families. Upper families might have slight distinction - but meant to motivate others to also get there. This is type of …. to combat envy = Now it is ….. led by envy.

Answer 9

levelling x2

Question 10

Matt Feeney’s: Little Platoons - hollowing out of family - virtue, ethics, sense of belonging - by parents who are in constant competition with another, and children are …. to get them into elite college.

Answer 10

Instrument

Question 11

When I think of myself, I think of other (their …. and impression of me). When I think of others, I think only of myself (what I can …. from them).

Answer 11

opinion
get

Question 12

People have a problems with seeing success of others. E.g. ….- for being the only just man in Athens.

Answer 12

Aristides

Question 13

A civilisation will flourish to the degree of which it …. envy impulse.

Answer 13

sublimates

Question 14

Envy and …. rooted in sorry over the other. Former over good that you despise, latter is sorrow over another’s misfortune. ….. in that you actually try to help and correct the other’s misfortune.

Answer 14

mercy x2

Question 15

Pagan philosophers- aim to be proud and …-……
Deem others to justly suffer their misery if not doing well. Harsh self righteous sense of justice.

Aquinas critical with this. Really: for those doing better than you, ask how you can emulate them. For someone suffering misfortune without their own fault - recognise that could well be me - dependent rational animal - try to help.

….. ….. was a 19th century term.

Answer 15

self sufficient

Undeserving poor

Question 16

HY refers to Amy Chua and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, book Triple Package again.

Triple package: Pakistani well off in USA. Successful communities had:
- Sense of ….- seeing themselves as exceptional - can be religious like, ethic or national e.g. cuban community seem themselves cabano
- Sense of …../ feeling of inferiority - Something to prove- created tension to force them to work harder to justify superiority
- Delayed ….. - able to put of - discipline - anyone who becomes world athlete, delays gratification due to effort required.

Answer 16

superiority
insecurity
gratification

Question 17

The American dream has become the ….. dream. For those born in America, it has become an American ……
Adopt steps in Triple Package. Otherwise lead to resentment and envy

Answer 17

immigrant’s
nightmare

Question 18

Aquinas- Sloth is sorrow over the divine good i.e. Inability to ….. in the divine presence - lose sense of belonging to god and people of god.

It leads to kind of restless business and lethargy (Sloth does not mean being lazy). Leads to envy and other types of ……

Answer 18

rest
restlessness

Question 19

Prophet said - Envy will eat good deeds like how fire eats …. ….. Very corrosive and destructive vice.
Socrates called envy an …. on the ….. - eats away

Answer 19

kindle wood
ulcer
soul

Question 20

Eating away at heart of culture:
Vice of capitalism is ….. Vice of socialism is …..

Answer 20

greed
envy

Question 21

The just person who recognises his existence as a …. will more likely be inclined to give where there is no clear obligation to give. This is the …. of resentment and envy

Answer 21

gift
anthesis

Question 22

Caritas means …
Help as remedy to greed.

Answer 22

Charity

Question 23

Should everyone succeed, how do I prevent sorrow and envy?

Answer 23

Appreciate the Satisfaction you get from learning something new on your own accord. That one step closer to understanding the world around you, feel the preciousness of it which is more sweeter than money

Question 24

Remedies to envy:

Answer 24

• mercy
• generosity
• liberality
• gratitude

Question 25

The just person who will recognise his existence as a ….., is more inclined to give where there is no clear …. to give. Will recognise in the soul that everything he has is a gift. Gratitude Springs from it

Answer 25

gift
obligation
Gift

Question 26

…. sins a lot more demonic than the …. sins

Answer 26

Spiritual
carnal