Greed In Renaissance

Modernization of humans arguably began during the renaissance era, and improved upon during the enlightenment era. The Renaissance started in the 1300s, the end of the middle ages, a time of extreme religious domination by the Catholic Church, and lasted up until the 1700s. The Renaissance introduced a more rational thinking about life and the world. The Renaissance is associated with great figures such as the humanist philosopher Pico della Mirandola, the great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, the poet Dante Alighieri, the artist Michelangelo, the political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and many other influential personal and enthusiastic patrons during the Renaissance. This era marked the human surge to enhance rational thought and
For example, Gordon Gekko’s speech at the Teldar management conference as a financial advisor states “Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind.” (Gekko). Gekko being a smart investor and a liberator of struggling companies, states that his success was due to his greed to become wealthy and rich. His act ultimately led him to be one of the most influential person in the movie and in today's society. He goes on stating, greed is everything mankind strived for and greed pushed mankind to its advancement and prosperity. Furthermore, greed makes one relentlessly pursue one's goal in life. In the Declaration of independence, the founding fathers state that pursuit of happiness is a unalienable right and enabling one to pursue their goal that makes one happy, is a right that no man has the power to restrict (US 1776). The burning desire to be better, fuels one to pursue more, makes one work harder, and makes one pursue happiness. This implies that the human nature of desire, ambition, and pursuit of self interest is a trait that god himself awarded humans to
This shows the nature of humans and humans preference for more over less. Always needing for the most one can get, and always trying to go beyond what we can. Evolution is a good thing, evolution has caused the survival of mankind and brought by our eager and desire to progress. Furthermore, in today's wall street, greed is inevitable, people’s desire to always move up the social class, social mobility, that inspired the greediness and selfishness in today's wall street. Greed promised financial success. The greediness of the wall street is the backbone of the US economy, and it has been improving since than. The words of Gordon Gekko, “Greed is good, Greed is right, Greed works” Greed as a good thing, greed helps one improve (Gekko). Gordon Gekko convinces the audience, making greed a crucial part of self stability. Implies that American dream is an act of greed, and the selfishness of wall street leads to a better economy and progress and advance in