Irving Babbitt - Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lust...

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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Irving Babbitt

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Eine ebenso gute Klassifizierung wie die Haupttypen ist die der drei vom traditionellen Christentum geprägten Begierden - die Wissenslust, die Lustlust und die Machtlust.

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