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Single Idea 256

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth ]

Full Idea

Virtue and great wealth are quite incompatible.

Gist of Idea

Virtue and great wealth are incompatible

Source

Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 742e)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.212