7 Deadly Sins

Vices and virtues of the 7 deadly sins

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Avarice, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, laziness and anger: these are the seven character traits designated as deadly sins.

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By: Anne Dorval

1 min

From

Dante's

with Brad Pitt, the seven deadly sins continue to mark the Western collective imagination.

If they have long feared the flames of hell, they no longer make anyone tremble... and today, when it is not glorified, the transgression of these prohibitions almost always finds a way to be legitimized, trivialized, even excused. 

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For believers and unbelievers alike, these seven inclinations, these seven human character traits remain the fuel of our daily lives.

They motivate politicians, are at the heart of the plots of our novels, our favorite television series, and sit shamelessly on social networks.

Guests

: the writer Laure Adler;

the writer and academic Dany Laferrière;

the philosopher Normand Baillargeon;

designer Philippe Geluck;

director Patrice Leconte;

the writer Arthur Dreyfus;

theology professor Olivier Bauer;

the writer Marie Laberge;

Professor Sonia Sarah Lipsyc;

Doctor of Philosophy of Law Michael Nafi;

pediatrician Jean-François Chicoine;

comedian Mamane;

author Ken Follet;

author Boris Cyrulnik;

novelist and essayist Pascal Bruckner;

author Anne-Sophie Jahn.

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