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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

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 Greed is the intense desire for something. It is used most often in  
 reference to money. Without that high motivation our free enterprise  
 system would be far less productive.
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I don't think necessarily that an intense desire for something is greed. That 
is how I'd define lust. But all motivated and successful (financially 
wealthy) persons are not necessarily greedy or lusty, either. I would define 
greed as taking more of anything than you need, especially if it denies it to 
someone else. By that definition, I might be greedy...I have more land than I 
need and I don't want to give it up. I know I have an intense desire to work 
my land and make enough money to be less worried about money all the time. I 
don't want to have to barely scrape by for the rest of my life. I desire that 
very much and I don't consider myself greedy. 

Roxann