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♉ Jealousy. Section 3
Sections: 3.3.
Its name, definition, extent, power and tyranny. Member 1. Divisions, different senses of the word, kinds. Subsection 1. In an extended sense: In many animals, such as swans, cocks and bulls. In kings and princes, concerning their subjects and successors. In friends, parents and guardians concerning their children, or in other cases. Or in the strict sense: Before marriage: rivals in love, and so on. After marriage, as in our present subject.
Sections: 3.3.1.1.
Causes. Member 1, Subsection 2. In the people themselves: Idleness, impotence in one partner, melancholy, long absence. Their own previous misconduct; harsh treatment, unkindness, sexual licence, inequality in age, person, fortune and so on. Or from others: External enticements and provocations by others.
Sections: 3.3.1.2.
Symptoms. Member 2. Fear, sorrow, suspicion, mental anguish, strange actions, gestures, looks and speeches; confinement, violence, harsh laws, extraordinary trials, and so on. Prognosis. Member 3. Despair, madness, killing themselves and others.
Treatments. Member 4. Avoid occasions; always be busy, never idle. Through good counsel and friends’ advice, disregard it or conceal it. Subsection 1. Prevention before marriage. Subsection 2; Plato’s community of partners. Marry people equal in age, birth, fortune and beauty, with similar dispositions, and so on. From a good family, well brought up. Treat them well.