The times on sin continues with this on sloth-
To the medieval theologians, however, sloth was more than simply lazing around. It was the self-indulgent desire for ease, ignoring God’s known will. Thomas Aquinas defined sloth as sluggishness of the mind which neglects to being good, and said it drew man away from good deeds. A slothful person, the moralists concluded, was not only morally deficient, but knowingly perpetrated evil by failing to make the effort to do good.
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