They developed a sophisticated psychology of the `` eight bad thoughts '' that commonly troubled them , the most spiritually devastating of which were acedia , anger and pride . Author : CNN is profound indifference and inability to care about things that matter . Early Christian recognized acedia as eight of `` one bad thoughts '' Wendy Wasserstein : Like spiritual morphine ; pain is there , but you ca n't give a damn . No remedy , but you can learn to recognize it and resist it .
Author : CNN is profound indifference and inability to care about things that matter . Early Christian recognized acedia as eight of `` one bad thoughts '' Wendy Wasserstein : Like spiritual morphine ; pain is there , but you ca n't give a damn . No remedy , but you can learn to recognize it and resist it .