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John Locke

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S13

Section 340 of 1,114

Canonical reference B2.C20.S13

English

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ENVY is an uneasiness of the mind, caused by the consideration of a good we desire obtained by one we think should not have had it before us.

French

Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition

L’Envie eſt une inquiétude de l’Ame, cauſée par la conſideration d’un Bien que nous deſirons ; lequel eſt poſſedé par une autre perſonne, qui, à notre avis, n’auroit pas dû l’avoir préférablement à nous.

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