Perhaps the train of thought is coming from the previous post, Beauty Pains... The word, first became prominent for me following the film, The Silence of the Lambs. And thereafterward I was conscious that "we covet... we covet what we see everyday."–verb (used with object)
1.
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
2.
to wish for, esp. eagerly: He won the prize they all coveted.
–verb (used without object)
3.
to have an inordinate or wrongful desire.
[C13: from Old French coveitier, from coveitié eager desire, ultimately from Latin cupiditācupidity ]
I then looked up the Latin derivations and found cupide (eagerly), cupiditas (desire, longing), cupido (lust, greed), cupidus (eager, longing for, greedy, passionate), cupio (to desire) all of which suggest an untamed passion if not greed, a wrongful desire if you must.
Why do we covet? Why aren't we content? Why is it wrong?
[C13: from Old French coveitier, from coveitié eager desire, ultimately from Latin cupiditā
I then looked up the Latin derivations and found cupide (eagerly), cupiditas (desire, longing), cupido (lust, greed), cupidus (eager, longing for, greedy, passionate), cupio (to desire) all of which suggest an untamed passion if not greed, a wrongful desire if you must.
Why do we covet? Why aren't we content? Why is it wrong?
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