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(nam si qui1 doleat eius
rebus secundis a quo ipse laedatur, non recte dicatur
invidere, ut si Hectori2 Agamemno; qui autem, cui alterius commoda3 nihil noceant, tamen eum doleat is
frui, is4 invideat profecto.) aemulatio autem dupliciter
illa quidem dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio nomen
hoc sit; nam et imitatio virtutis aemulatio dicitur—
sed ea nihil hoc loco utimur; est enim laudis—, et5 est
aemulatio aegritudo,6 si eo7 quod concupierit alius potiatur, ipse careat. obtrectatio autem est, ea quam intellegi ζηλοτυπίαν8 volo, aegritudo ex eo, quod alter quoque
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potiatur eo quod ipse concupiverit.
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