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[I]t was with a good end in mind _ that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil _ that Eve allowed herself to be carried away and eat the forbidden fruit. But Adam was not moved by this desire for knowledge, but simply by greed: he ate it because he heard Eve say it tasted good.
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[I]t was with a good end in mind _ that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil _ that Eve allowed herself to be carried away and eat the forbidden fruit. But Adam was not moved by this desire for knowledge, but simply by greed: he ate it because he heard Eve say it tasted good.
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