Pleonexia aristotle biography
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The Evolution of Greed – From Aristotle to Gordon Gekko
The comfort of rich people depends on an abundant supply of poor people. -Voltaire
Greed is as old as time.
Pleonexia aristotle biography summary
As long as there are people, greed and avarice will continue to exist. In Ancient Greece they had a special word for it: ‘pleonexia’. Pleonexia is a concept that unites greed, covetousness and avarice in a philosophical context.
Strictly speaking, it is ‘the insatiable desire to have what rightfully belongs to others’.
Pleonexia aristotle biography
In other words, ruthless selfishness and the arrogant assumption that other people and things are there to be taken advantage of.
But pleonexia is more than that. It is a disease, a form of psychopathy. Pleonexia is not only greed in the usual sense, but also the insatiable desire to acquire, collect or obtain something, whether it is money, property or power.
People who suffer from pleonexia, you might say, are in a state of constant dissatisfaction, controlled by a feeling of never