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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2026 · 10 MIN

The Seven Deadly Sins

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The Seven Deadly Sins were a list of psychological flaws first identified by Christianity in the 4th century. Christianity was wise in spotting the errors, but rather ungenerous in explaining why they existed. Given that we are all, in a sense, ‘sinners’, we need to find better explanations for our bad behaviour. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/IlXZV Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/R4kax FURTHER READING “Christianity has, traditionally, spoken a lot about sinners. In the fourth century, the Church identified ‘seven deadly sins’: failings of character that were to be particularly condemned and avoided by all righteous people. They were...” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/TMR7E1 MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Directed and Animated by: Andrew Benincasa http://www.andrewbenincasa.com ig: andrewbenincasa Music by: Ilusha Tsinadze Listen to the music from the video here: http://ilusha.com/sins/ http://www.ilusha.com #TheSchoolOfLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Seven Deadly Sins were a list of psychological flaws first identified by Christianity in the 4th century. Christianity was wise in spotting the errors, but rather ungenerous in explaining why they existed. Given that we are all, in a sense, ‘sinners’, we need to find better explanations for our bad behaviour. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/IlXZV Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/R4kax FURTHER READING “Christianity has, traditionally, spoken a lot about sinners. In the fourth century, the Church identified ‘seven deadly sins’: failings of character that were to be particularly condemned and avoided by all righteous people. They were...” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/TMR7E1 MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Directed and Animated by: Andrew Benincasa http://www.andrewbenincasa.com ig: andrewbenincasa Music by: Ilusha Tsinadze Listen to the music from the video here: http://ilusha.com/sins/ http://www.ilusha.com #TheSchoolOfLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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