Sublime

In the early empire, a greedy person was commonly referred to as being “the first to take the fresh-bought pepper from the camel’s back.”37 The poet Persius wrote: The greedy merchants led by lucre, run To the parched Indies, and the rising sun; From thence hot Pepper, and rich Drugs they bear, Bart’ring for Spices, their Italian ware.

the chamber of commerce growth mentality had won the war over those who wanted to preserve the tradition of the ancient city. Nothing had stopped the greed.

By the eighteenth century, a new ideology was taking form, especially in Britain, that “greed is good” (to use a recent summary formulation), because greed spurs a society’s efforts and inventiveness. By giving vent to greed, the logic goes, societies can best harness the insatiable ambitions, great energies and ingenuity of their citizens. While g

A voiceless, formless force of determination. A will that would conquer rather than surrender. Akura Malice.