Friday, June 05, 2026
Insatiable Greed
Plutarch, Life of Demetrius 32.5 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin, with his note):
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Moreover, he bore splendid testimony to the wisdom of Plato1 in urging the man who would be truly rich, not to make his possessions greater, but his inordinate desires fewer; since he who puts no end to his greed, this man is never rid of poverty and want.Related post: Avarice and Dropsy.
1The passage cannot be determined.
λαμπρὰν τῷ Πλάτωνι μαρτυρίαν διδοὺς διακελευομένῳ μὴ τὴν οὐσίαν πλείω, τὴν δὲ ἀπληστίαν ποιεῖν ἐλάσσω τόν γε βουλόμενον ὡς ἀληθῶς εἶναι πλούσιον, ὡς ὅ γε μὴ παύων φιλοπλουτίαν, οὗτος οὔτε πενίας οὔτε ἀπορίας ἀπήλλακται.
