VANITY!!! In many religions vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one likens their self to the greatness of God for the sake of their own image, and thereby becomes separated and perhaps in time divorced from the Divine grace of God. In Christian teachings vanity is considered an example of pride, one of the seven deadly sins. Philosophically speaking, vanity may refer to a broader sense of egoism and pride. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.[6] One of Mason Cooleys aphorisms is Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.[6] Symbolism of vanity[edit] Often we find an inscription on a scroll that reads Omnia Vanitas (All is Vanity), a quotation from the Latin translation of the Book of Ecclesiastes.[7] Although that phrase, itself depicted in a type of still life, vanitas, originally referred not to obsession with ones appearance, but to the ultimate fruitlessness of humankinds efforts in this world, the phrase summarizes the complete preoccupation of the subject of the picture.
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