“Like mimetic desire, envy subordinates a desired something to the someone who enjoys a privileged relationship with it. Envy covers the superior being that neither the someone nor something alone, but the conjunction of the two, seem to possess. Envy involuntarily testifies to a lack of being that puts the envious to shame, especially since the enthronement of metaphysical pride during the Renaissance. That is why envy is the hardest sin to acknowledge” (Girard, A Theater of Envy, p. 4).
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