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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

Irving Babbitt Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Critic

Born: August 2, 1865
Death: July 15, 1933
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