Goods that provoke envy because dividing them seems to leave less for each possessor.
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earthly things
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"...its expiation, do not wonder. For when your longing center on things such that sharing them apportions less to each, then envy stirs the..."
"...but if you still persist in letting your mind mix on earthly things, then even from true light, you gather darkness. The good, ineffable..."
"...not lift our eyes on high, but set our sight on earthly things instead, so justice here impels our eyes toward earth. As avarice..."
"...it's just like you're greedy you get a lot of these earthly things and at the end you it comes down to nothing"
"...syllogistic reasonings that bring your wings to flight so low to earthly things. One studied law and won the aphorisms of the physicians. One..."
"...but if you still persist in letting your mind fix on earthly things, then even from true light you gather darkness. That good, ineffable..."
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