Pride, covetousness (greed), envy, gluttony, anger, accidie (sloth), and lust. These are ‘leading’ sins, or ones that direct and lead other vices. Aquinas attributes the list to Gregory the Great. A peculiarity of the list is that although a sin is usually thought of as an action, the list names dispositions or sentiments rather than actions. Another peculiarity is that thoroughly nasty traits such as cruelty, malevolence, hypocrisy or ingratitude are left out. A third is that some of the sins are arguably connected with virtue: for example, proper pride is allied to the self-esteem that derives from doing something well, and a central motivation to virtue; proper anger is allied to the indignation that immoral actions warrant, and lust is nature’s way of ensuring the continuation of the species.