The Importance of Valuable Goods

Aquinas says covetousness is opposed to justice. And therefore is always what he calls a mortal sin in respect to his genius. But yet venial sin may occur by reason of imperfection of the act. So when you steal something, that's obviously a violation of justice because that their own possession is due to them. I can see it also being temperance. Temperance is really more about like the appetites, you know, your appetite is out of control that you desire money in excess. You could have an appetite for money. Right. It's not something that you consume, you don't like. Consume it so it hoored it. The other way

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