The Passion and the Habit of Nemesis in the Work of Thomas Aquinas
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nemesis, passion, habit, Thomas AquinasAbstract
Nemesis is the sadness caused by the undeserved prosperity of others. Unlike other passions and virtues, Thomas Aquinas did not dedicate a singular treatment to Nemesis in his work; rather, he mentions it occasionally or in connection with other themes. The objective of our work is to identify all these references and give them a unified meaning within Thomistic thought, particularly distinguishing the use of Nemesis as a passion and as a habit (or potential virtue of distributive justice).
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