<P> Because of these scripts, gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness; essentially placing concern with one's own impulses or interests above the well - being or interests of others . </P> <P> During times of famine, war, and similar periods when food is scarce, it is possible for one to indirectly kill other people through starvation just by eating too much or even too soon . </P> <P> 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 the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods . Aquinas went so far as to prepare a list of five ways to commit gluttony, comprising: </P> <Ul> <Li> Laute--eating too expensively </Li> <Li> Studiose--eating too daintily </Li> <Li> Nimis--eating too much </Li> <Li> Praepropere--eating too soon </Li> <Li> Ardenter--eating too eagerly </Li> </Ul>

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