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If I'm jealous of you, I want to possess the thing (or person) you possess, whereas if I'm envious of you, I want to be in your (possessive) position, to be, as it were, like you.
The focus of jealousy is thus the object of my lust or avarice (to mention another couple of DSs), while the focus of envy is you, my rival.
Does this mean that jealousy is an objective sin, while envy is a subjective sin?
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