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Single Idea 5859
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
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Full Idea
The character of the rich man is that of the mindlessly happy one.
Gist of Idea
Rich people are mindlessly happy
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1391a12)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.178
A Reaction
Very nice. It is hard to deny that the rich tend to be happy (in some sense of the word), and recent sociological research has tended to demonstrate this, but the pursuit of wealth must inevitably take the focus away from key intellectual pursuits. Yeh?
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[possession of money as a possible virtue]:
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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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