Envy
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Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for a
Portrait of a demented woman or The Monomaniac of Envy, by Théodore Géricault, c. 1819–1822
Invidia, allegorical painting by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1305–1306
Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things (Invidia)
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Seven deadly sins
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The seven deadly sins function as a grouping of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. They are not explicitly listed in the Bible but developed within early Christian theological tradition
Envy
…standard we use to see how well off we are is not the intrinsic worth of our own well-being but how it compares with that of others". Envy is one of the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholicism. Christian author and psychologist Dr. William Backus described envy as a sin that promises nothing good. "Most sins offer something…
Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
The Holy Spirit and the Seven Deadly Sins. Folio from Walters manuscript W.171 (15th century)
An allegorical image depicting the human heart subject to the seven deadly sins, each represented by an animal (clockwise: toad = avarice; snake = envy; lion = wrath; snail = sloth; pig = gluttony; goat = lust; peacock = pride)
Still life: Excess (Albert Anker, 1896)