Envy
E.g.: My neighbour has a new car. I envy him and buy two new cars. / My neighbour has a new car. I envy him and pierce tyres of his car.
These two short examples above clearly demonstrate the negatives of envy: meanness, wish to inflict misfortune on others, cause of unhappiness…
Reasons: low self-esteem, eagerness
But is there anything positive about envy? Maybe when a small child envies his older brother the ability to walk and speak, the child would put more effort in learning it and achieve his goal faster. Another example could be a well-read man whose knowledge is envied by someone else and makes the person to learn more in order to catch up with the man. But now we are balancing at the tiny edge that contradistinguishes jealousy from envy. Anyway both of these qualities have something in common: They can be shown in either positive or negative way.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy
http://ozivote.cz/clanky/2004/11/22/slecna-zavist
E.g.: My neighbour has a new car. I envy him and buy two new cars. / My neighbour has a new car. I envy him and pierce tyres of his car.
These two short examples above clearly demonstrate the negatives of envy: meanness, wish to inflict misfortune on others, cause of unhappiness…
Reasons: low self-esteem, eagerness
But is there anything positive about envy? Maybe when a small child envies his older brother the ability to walk and speak, the child would put more effort in learning it and achieve his goal faster. Another example could be a well-read man whose knowledge is envied by someone else and makes the person to learn more in order to catch up with the man. But now we are balancing at the tiny edge that contradistinguishes jealousy from envy. Anyway both of these qualities have something in common: They can be shown in either positive or negative way.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy
http://ozivote.cz/clanky/2004/11/22/slecna-zavist
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