Sentences with phrase «on cupidity»

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The main point of all my writing on this subject has been to raise our sights above what Pope John Paul II called «economism» — a view of economies driven solely by a materialist, economic understanding of self - interest, the profit motive, cupidity, and greed, and a denial of all the nobler human aspirations.

And they declare that they have experienced the judgment of an all - inclusive love on their pettiness and pride, while at the same time they have been the recipients of a forgiveness or acceptance which comes when their previous stupidity and cupidity have in some strange fashion been taken away and they have been given the opportunity and occasion for genuine enrichment in fellowship with their human brethren.

For those not up on their SAT words, avidita is Italian for «greed,» cupidity means «lust for wealth,» and fourberie is French for «deceit.»

But murder is the result of the acts of individuals, each of whom will have individual motivations; some kill out of revenge, some out of rage (which in turn will have different causes), some out of cupidity, and so on.