Richard Rufus of Cornwall

On Eve

Latin Etymology

Item, tripliciter est mundus, scilicet a manu, a corde, ab ore. Et ideo appetitus triplex. Ut dicitur super Ier. 48 [10]: "Maledictus qui facit opus divini fraudulenter," id est hypocritas. Hypocrisis est immoderatus appetitus muneris a corde; avaritia, muneris a manu; vana gloria, muneris ab ore. Patet ergo quod hypocrisis vult aestimari, vana gloria laudari, avaritia ditari. Sed superbia per haec omnia vult dominari, et ita non sunt idem. ...

"Quae non est tantum pecuniae" ibidem est [Sent. 2.21.5.6] . Proprie tamen accipitur avaritia, appetitus pecuniae. Sed ambitio proprie dicitur honoris et potentiae; curiositas vero scientiae.

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1.  The chief financial officer announced that the company had lost over 15 million dollars in one year.

2.  Jimbo became a wealthy man, but his boundless cost him friends and family.

3.  The Romans were very proud of their culture and language, which is somewhat considering how many words they borrowed from the Greeks.

4.  Nate was the only one of us whose seemed unaffected by the slasher movie we were watching.

5.  While many people enjoy alcohol, there are some who are not able to enjoy it in .

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