GLUTTONY | GULA

Gluttony : (It is attributed to Beelzebub.) Still life: Excess (Albert Anker, 1896) Gluttony (Latin: gula) is the overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste. The word derives from the Latin gluttire, to gulp down or swallow. One reason for its condemnation is that gorging by the prosperous may leave the needy hungry. Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony, arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and over-indulgence in delicacies and costly foods. Aquinas listed five forms of gluttony: Laute – eating too expensively Studiose – eating too daintily Nimis – eating too much Praepropere – e...View all