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Men are likely to feel shame in the following
situations; first, if there are any who are so related to them as those before
whom we said that they feel shame. These, as we pointed out, are those who are
admired by them or who admire them, or by whom they wish to be admired, or from
whom they need some service, which they will not obtain if they lose their
reputation. These, again, are either persons who directly see what is going on
（just as Cydias, when haranguing the people about the allotment of the
territory of Samos, begged the
Athenians to picture to themselves that the Greeks were standing round them and
would not only hear, but also see what they were going to decree）; or
neighbors; or those likely to be aware of what they say or do. That is why men
do not like, when unfortunate, to be seen by those who were once their rivals,
for rivalry presumes
admiration.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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