ase with riches more than anything else; since "a covetous man shall not be satisfied with riches" ( Eccles. 5:9 ). Therefore happiness consists in wealth. On the contrary, Man's good consists in retaining happiness rather than in spreading it. But as Boethius says (De Consol. ii…

thic. v, 1,2). Therefore covetousness is not opposed to liberality. On the contrary, It is written ( Eccles. 5:9 ): "A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money, and he that loveth riches shall have no fruits from them." Now not to be satisfied with money and to love it inor…

dering man with excessive anxiety and care, for "a covetous man shall not be satisfied with money" ( Eccles. 5:9 ). Secondly, it may be considered in the execution [effectu]. In this way the covetous man, in acquiring other people's goods, sometimes employs force, which pertains…