greed
Sign in to saveAlso known as avarice, cupidity, greedy, greediness
thumb|1909 painting The Worship of Mammon, the New Testament representation and personification of material greed, by [[Evelyn De Morgan|268x268px]]
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Encyclopedic overview
39 sectionsContents
- Nature of greed
- Views of greed
- In animals
- Ancient views
- Aristophanes
- Lucretius
- Epictetus
- St. Ambrose
- Ancient China
- Medieval Europe
- Augustine
- Aquinas
- Dante
- Chaucer
- Early modern Europe
- Luther
- Montaigne
- Spinoza
- Locke
- Laurence Sterne
- Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- Edward Gibbon
- Modern period
- John Stuart Mill
- Goethe
- Marx
- Meher Baba
- Paul VI / John Paul II
- Ivan Boesky
- David Klemm
- Inspirations
- Genetics
- Art
- In popular culture
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
thumb|1909 painting The Worship of Mammon, the New Testament representation and personification of material greed, by [[Evelyn De Morgan|268x268px]]
thumb|upright|Shakespeare Sacrificed: Or the Offering to Avarice by James Gillray alt=|thumb|The Father and Mother by Boardman Robinson depicting War as the offspring of Greed and Pride
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