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The [[Bible]] does not list them in this form, but they are commonly found in Medieval and [[Renaissance]] thought. Personifications or depictions of the seven sins (and their punishments in [[Hell]]) are also common in the art and literature of these periods, sometimes contrasted with the seven cardinal [[virtue]]s.

The [[Bible]] does not list them in this form, but they are commonly found in Medieval and [[Renaissance]] thought. Personifications or depictions of the seven sins (and their punishments in [[Hell]]) are also common in the art and literature of these periods, sometimes contrasted with the seven cardinal [[virtue]]s.

The seven sins may be categorized in three groups (see, for example, [[Dante's Purgatorio]]). Pride, envy and anger are sins resulting from excessive self-interest; greed, gluttony and lust result from excessive desire for things outside the self; and sloth, conversely, results from a deficiency of the desires that inspire us to act for good or ill.

The seven sins may be categorized in three groups (see, for example, [[Dante's Purgatorio]]):

*Pride, envy and anger are sins resulting from excessive self-interest.

*Greed, gluttony and lust result from excessive desire for things outside the self.

*Sloth results from a deficiency of the desires that inspire us to act for good or ill.

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