Assertion: envy | /r/HasProperty | contrary
Facets:
value: to charity
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to pity
type: OTHER
value: to a virtue
type: OTHER
value: for different reasons
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: "Envy according to the aspect of its object is contrary to charity, whence the soul derives its spiritual life...
text: But envy is contrary, not to a virtue but to nemesis, which is a passion, according to the Philosopher (Rhet.
text: For the genus of a sin is taken from its object; and envy according to the aspect of its object is contrary to charity, whence the soul derives its spiritual life, according to 1 John 3:14:
text: ii, 9), envy is contrary both to nemesis and to pity, but for different reasons.
text: On the other hand, envy is contrary to nemesis on the part of the man whose good grieves the envious man, for nemesis is sorrow for the good of the undeserving according to Psalm 72:3: "I was envious of the wicked, when I saw the prosperity of sinners" [Douay: 'because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners'], whereas the envious grieves over the good of those who are deserving of it.
text: Now pity is a virtue, and an effect proper to charity: so that envy is contrary to pity and charity.