Anger is universally recognized as an extremely dangerous emotion. Two thousand years ago the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger lamented, “No plague has cost the human race so dear” (“On Anger,” 1.2). The Jewish psychiatrist … AngerRead more
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Envy: The Thoroughly Nasty Sin
Henry Fairlie wrote, “Envy is the one Deadly Sin to which no one readily confesses.”[1] Why is this so? Pride is the root of all sins, and yet it can have a positive meaning and … Envy: The Thoroughly Nasty SinRead more
Vainglory: Pride’s Pitiful Little Sister
In the previous essay vainglory[1] was described as pride’s pitiful little sister, both to stress its likeness to pride and its difference from pride. At its worse, pride despises others and does not care … Vainglory: Pride’s Pitiful Little SisterRead more
Pride: The Deadliest of the Deadly Sins
The Christian tradition of the seven deadly sins firmly maintains that pride is the chief of all sins. The title of the chapter on pride in C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity is “The Great Sin.” … Pride: The Deadliest of the Deadly SinsRead more
The Seven Deadly Sins
In 1973 the famed American psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote Whatever Became of Sin? In that book he provocatively argued against psychology’s watering down the concept of sin to sickness. Add to this the corroding … The Seven Deadly SinsRead more
