{"id":6664,"date":"2016-02-15T04:45:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T04:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/02\/15\/the-absurdity-of-envy\/"},"modified":"2016-02-15T04:45:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T04:45:48","slug":"the-absurdity-of-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/02\/15\/the-absurdity-of-envy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Absurdity of Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">You envy <em>me<\/em>?&#0160; What a wretch you must be to feel diminished in your sense of self-worth by comparison with me!&#0160; I have something you lack?&#0160; Why isn&#39;t that compensated for by what you have that I lack?&#0160; You feel bad that I have achieved something by my hard work? 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