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According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride... it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 8, 1952
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Originally delivered as BBC radio talks during World War II and published as a book in 1952, Mere Christianity is Lewis's most systematic exploration of Christian ethics and character.

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