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Author's Note: There is often confusion between envy and jealousy. Envy is desiring something that someone has. Your neighbor might get a new car/job/television, and you might desire the same. You might feel a sense of resentment toward the person for getting something you want. Jealousy is more about holding on to what you have and becoming fearful of losing…

Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was permanently unsatisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a novel offer. For 1000 rubles, he could buy all the land he could walk around in a day. The only catch in the deal was that he had to be back at…

Alexander the Great was one of the few men in history who probably deserved the adjective appended to his name. He was beset, however, with a horrific temper, and though he did manage to rein it in more often than not, he was swept away by his passion on one occasion. At a banquet given for Dionysius, someone disparaged the…

In the rain forests of Central and South America dwells a small ugly-looking mammal called a sloth. This little creature is so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. When it moves—which is rarely, since it spends 20 hours a day sleeping—it travels at a top speed of 13 feet per minute. When we think of the sin of…

Evagrius of Pontus, a Christian monk and ascetic whose ideas may have inspired John Cassian's list of eight sins, gives us a very poetic but comprehensive definition of the sin of gluttony: "Gluttony is the mother of lust, the nourishment of evil thoughts, laziness in fasting, obstacle to asceticism, terror to moral purpose, the imagining of food, sketcher of seasonings,…

Whenever we think about lust, we immediately associate it with sexuality. However, we can lust after many other things like power, fame, and fortune. We will confine ourselves to sex for this study because it is a vast subject that demands undivided attention. Before we talk about lust, we must talk a little about sex. Hugh Hefner didn't invent it.…

A Brief Introduction The Seven Deadly Sins owe their origin to John Cassian (360-435), who put together a list of eight principal vices. These were later amended to the seven sins we know today: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, anger, envy, and pride. Each has a counter-balancing set of values that we should espouse and adopt. In parallel order to the…