tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3950298917771085132..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Post 6100 - The Seven Deadlies Inside OutAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-82189406184055345862019-03-26T19:47:22.846-04:002019-03-26T19:47:22.846-04:00Opposite of envy - not quite opposite, but the two...Opposite of envy - not quite opposite, but the two sides are probably wanting what someone else has OR wanting them to not have something they do. I had a rather sociopathic coworker once who someone else described as "hating unexplained happiness". She always strove to make sure you couldn't get anything you expressed a particular interest in, regardless of what it was.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-43736090520354656822019-03-24T15:48:21.566-04:002019-03-24T15:48:21.566-04:00For those who enjoy the Seven Deadly Sins, I would...For those who enjoy the Seven Deadly Sins, I would recommend a book by Rebecca DeYoung, Glittering Vices: a new look at the seven deadly sins and their remedies. She does an excellent job of presenting the thinking of the earliest authors: Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Athanasius, and the Desert Fathers. In exploring the original meaning of the vices, and their subtleties, she unearths many of the contrasts previously observed her, and others. She also proposes exercises for recognizing the presence of the vices in oneself (even better, in others!), and proposes classic disciplines to address them.engineerlitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380503909321660350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44944975799904253762019-03-24T14:09:31.905-04:002019-03-24T14:09:31.905-04:00I make generosity the opposite of envy: the abili...I make generosity the opposite of envy: the ability to be glad that someone else has something good, even if we suffer from the lack of it ourselves.<br /><br />As for aggressive use of prayer, surely you've seen it? "Lord, we just ask that you come in to the hearts of these elected officials present today and inspire them to do the right things about proposal X." I hear a prayer like that before every single county commissioner's meeting, though the guy delivering it is one of the nicest and most sincere people I know.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38869595525627489372019-03-24T13:58:49.688-04:002019-03-24T13:58:49.688-04:00How the wrong is classified might matter when you&...How the wrong is classified might matter when you're trying to track down the source of its power.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36043098387809732942019-03-24T13:17:27.557-04:002019-03-24T13:17:27.557-04:00And I suppose despair's twin would be a dishon...And I suppose despair's twin would be a dishonest fool's hope, where someone deceives themself into thinking they will surely prevail in their harebrained scheme?Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1085766299868498852019-03-24T09:53:08.549-04:002019-03-24T09:53:08.549-04:00Tim King is right, this does come from St. Thomas ...Tim King is right, this does come from St. Thomas Aquinas, the Summa Theologica. Here's a link to that section: http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3148.htm<br /><br />And, of course, he also covers envy: http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3036.htm<br /><br />In STA's thought, gluttony has two "species", but he breaks this down into an excessive concern for the food itself, whether by quantity, quality, or costliness; or in excessive concern for the actual eating and the physical enjoyment of the eating (unwillingness to wait, gorging, etc.). He doesn't break envy down into multiple species, but he does note that it, and gluttony, both have "daughters", that is, a sequence of bad consequences that they engender. <br /><br />RTWT, as the kids say. Contrary to common belief, STA is in fact both concise and precise in his writing; he's very easy to read and understand (modulo a few technical philosophical terms, which a good philosophical dictionary should resolve for you). Unlike so many modern philosophers, he was writing with the intent of making you fully understand what he was thinking. The Summa is actually a textbook, intended for priests who would go out in the world and have to have the care of souls. Knowing what is envy, at its root, why it's wrong, what it does to people, gives you a huge leg up on how to correctly diagnose it and cure it.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11602288826362438079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69544999524890528692019-03-24T08:53:40.802-04:002019-03-24T08:53:40.802-04:00I take envy to be the same as covetousness, and co...I take envy to be the same as covetousness, and covetousness to be misplaced (and often impossible) desire. It's opposite is "sour grapes," which is denying that one desires what one cannot have. "Sour grapes" also draws on pride, since I am ashamed to admit my inability to take what I want, but it is ultimately a convoluted form of envy.<br /><br />Jealousy is a special case of envy in which the jealous man desires something he cannot have because it has been stollen from him. The stealing is, at lease, his construction. It's opposite is an affected openhandedness that denies one desires what one cannot hold. We of course also use the word jealous to name a lively fear that something precious will be stollen from us. In the sexual sphere especially, a jealous man is ridiculous or contemptible, since his wife's seduction (prospective or accomplished) indicates sexual inadequacy on his part. Thus pride comes in here as well, since I am ashamed to admit my inability to hold what I desire.<br /><br />When a bridegroom is given his bride "to have and to hold," the words legitimate and secure his desire. If she is particularly lovely, there will almost certainly be men who envy the bridegroom. And if he has won her away from another man, at least one man will be jealous. But, if my experience at wedding receptions is any guide, there will also be any number of bachelors (invariably the drunkest guests, the jealous man excepted) who are just a little too loud in complimenting themselves for avoiding marriage.JMSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502377102987849260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49876135263211846242019-03-24T01:04:05.153-04:002019-03-24T01:04:05.153-04:00When all else fails, ask the internet.
https://w...When all else fails, ask the internet. <br /><br />https://www.quora.com/What-is-considered-the-opposite-of-envy<br /><br />I liked the first answer - that it is pity. Or empathy, sympathy, compassion. So those, given or expressed without sincerity? Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80571769428402063172019-03-23T23:48:58.043-04:002019-03-23T23:48:58.043-04:00I'll be glad to acknowledge that I'm wrong...I'll be glad to acknowledge that I'm wrong, without worrying quite so much about how the wrong is classified. Surely that's God's business more than mine; I'm as well educated in moral philosophy as most, but that only highlights how much we don't quite understand about the ultimate truth of right and wrong. <br /><br />I hope that seeking forgiveness, and trusting the higher authority to know just why I need forgiveness, might be enough. If we're not quite able to make it out, well, the Maker made us this way. Hopefully he knew what he was doing, because I sure don't. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39148925088092557012019-03-23T20:50:06.705-04:002019-03-23T20:50:06.705-04:00Not sure about envy, but acedia's twin might b...Not sure about envy, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia" rel="nofollow">acedia's</a> twin might be the frenetic effort to try new stuff, because the old doesn't satisfy, and they half know the new won't either.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com