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Single Idea 108
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
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Full Idea
The liberal man will need money to perform liberal acts.
Gist of Idea
The virtue of generosity requires money
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1178a28)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.332
A Reaction
The sort of thing Margaret Thatcher used to say, with a passive aggressive tone. The virtue also needs someone to be short of money. The paradox of virtue - that bad situations are needed, to give them opportunities.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[possession of money as a possible virtue]:
341
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Wealth is good if it is accompanied by virtue
[Socrates]
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13551
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Democritus says wealth is a burden to the virtuous mind
[Democritus, by Seneca]
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242
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The best people are produced where there is no excess of wealth or poverty
[Plato]
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256
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Virtue and great wealth are incompatible
[Plato]
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351
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War aims at the acquisition of wealth, because we are enslaved to the body
[Plato]
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108
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The virtue of generosity requires money
[Aristotle]
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22561
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The rich are seen as noble, because they don't need to commit crimes
[Aristotle]
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5859
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Rich people are mindlessly happy
[Aristotle]
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1539
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The endless desire for money is a crueller slavery than poverty
[Democritus (attr)]
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526
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Small appetite makes poverty equal to wealth
[Democritus (attr)]
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5894
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All men except philosophers fear poverty
[Cicero]
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6293
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It is almost impossible for the rich to go to heaven
[Jesus]
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13563
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Why does your wife wear in her ears the income of a wealthy house?
[Seneca]
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13564
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There is far more scope for virtue if you are wealthy; poverty only allows endurance
[Seneca]
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13565
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If wealth was a good, it would make men good
[Seneca]
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17228
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Rational people judge money by needs, and live contented with very little
[Spinoza]
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18287
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People now find both wealth and poverty too much of a burden
[Nietzsche]
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20692
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Money does produce happiness, but only up to a point
[Harari]
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