Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Not all desires are equal. Epicurus divided them into three types.

Some are necessary: food, shelter, friendship. They are easy to satisfy and enough when it’s enough. Others are just comfort: nice, but not needed. And then there are vain desires: status, wealth, prestige. And these can never be satisfied.

So when we buy to keep up and impress, we feed a desire that never ends.

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