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Vainglory – an inordinate seeking for praise and honor, for renown and the respect of other
people; the inordinate desire for demonstrating one’s own excellence
Presumption – leads a man to undertake great works of virtue that he does not have the
ability to perform (due to overconfidence in one’s own powers)
Ambition – an inordinate desire for honor, office, or position
Boasting –
Hypocrisy – Trying to make others think that you are better than you really are
Argumentativeness – Contention - Arguing without regard to truth
Disobedience – Not following the commands of a superior when suitable
Love of novelty – Trying to get others to think that you are modern, trendy or novel
Quarreling –
Stubborness – Obstinacy - The excessive attachment to one's own opinion, to where one
is unwilling to submit to the opinion of others when it is clearly more reasonable
Discord – Not wishing to give up one's own will when it is suitable
Envy – sadness over another’s good which is regarded as an obstacle to personal advantage
Detraction – backbiting – unjust blackening of another’s fame through secret words
Calumny - Slander - Saying something false about someone behind their back or saying
something false in someone's face to hurt them
Talebearing – whispering - unfavorable speech made in secret to another person for
the purpose of destroying of the noblest relationships necessary to human
life, a virtuous friendship
Contumely – unjust dishonoring of a person who is present
Joy at another’s misfortune and sadness at his success
Hatred - Despising another
Sloth [acedia] – an inordinate aversion for spiritual goods because of the effort required for them
Despair – withdraws men from what oppresses by flight from the goal
Timidity – withdraws men from what oppresses by flight from the means which are
the commandments
Faintheartedness - Pusillanimity – tendency to estimate that one’s powers are
insufficient to attempt difficult works of virtue while in reality they are equal to
the task
Apathy - affected ignorance – withdraws men from what oppresses by flight from the
means which are the commandments
Spite - Bitterness – withdraws men from what oppresses by resistance to men
Malice – withdraws men from what oppresses by resistance to spiritual goods
Curiosity about dangerous things – plunges men into evil distractions
Loquaciousness - Talking excessively – plunges men into evil distractions
Inconstancy - Instability in maintaining something good and virtuous – plunges men
into evil distractions
Restlessness – plunges men into evil distractions
Uneasiness of mind - plunges men into evil distractions