Both Uses
avarice
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The Fallacy of Success
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- There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only "instinct" I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as "the sin of avarice."†
*avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- The Puritans are always denouncing books that inflame lust; what shall we say of books that inflame the viler passions of avarice and pride?†
Definitions:
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(1)
(avarice) excessive desire for wealthLike "greed", but implies greed specifically for money. The early Christian Church counted avarice as one of the "seven deadly sins."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)