Open AccessConcept of ‘Invidia’ in Cicero’s Writings
Author(s) -
Брагова,
Арина Брагова
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
naučnye issledovaniâ i razrabotki. socialʹno-gumanitarnye issledovaniâ i tehnologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2306-1731
DOI - 10.12737/article_595cf6138adaa6.23014949
Subject(s) - cicero , hatred , jealousy , malice , philosophy , feeling , psychoanalysis , art , literature , psychology , epistemology , politics , social psychology , law , political science
The article analyses the usage of the concept ‘invidia’ in Cicero’s writings. This concept the most often denotes hatred, more rarely – envy, disaffection, disapproval, malevolence, malice. Cicero differentiates between ‘invidia’ and ‘invidentia’: the first means a strong feeling of envy or hatred, while the second – jealousy. It is concluded that Cicero combines ‘invidia’ with ‘odium’, ‘misericordia’, ‘iracundia’, and opposes it to ‘gloria’.