Book 2
11.7
those who are praised or eulogized either by poets or by prose writers.λογογράφοι means either the oldest Greek historians (or rather chroniclers), or the writers of speeches for use in the law courts, or of panegyrics. The opposite characters we despise; for contempt is the opposite of emulation, and the idea of emulation of the idea of contempt. And those who are in a condition which makes them emulate, or be emulated by, others, must be inclined to despise those personsκαὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις. According to Cope, an unnecessary parenthetical note (and on such occasions). Jebb refers both τούτων and τούτοις to persons: tend to show contempt to or about those who. The reason in the translation above is that they suffer from the want of the highly valued goods. (and for that reason) who suffer from defects contrary to the good things which excite emulation. That is why we often despise those who are fortunate, whenever their good fortune is not accompanied by highly valued goods. The means of producing and destroying the various emotions in men, from which the methods of persuasion that concern them are derived, have now been stated.
12.1
Let us now describe the nature of the characters of men according to their emotions, habits, ages, and fortunes.
12.2
By the emotions I mean anger, desire, and the like, of which we have already spoken; by habits virtues and vices, of which also we have previously spoken, as well as the kind of things men individually and deliberately choose and practise. The ages are youth, the prime of life, and old age. By fortune I mean noble birth, wealth, power, and their contraries, and, in general, good or bad fortune.The πίστις ἠθική is resumed from 2.1.8. As the πάθη and ἕξεις have been discussed already, only the ages and their character remain.
12.3
The young, as to character, are ready to desire and to carry out what they desire. Of the bodily desires they chiefly obey those of sensual pleasure and these they are unable to control.
