Wealth, the first thing most people name as a condition of the good life — can it truly be an end in itself?
The life of money-making is a life lived under some constraint. Wealth is plainly not the good we are seeking — it is merely useful, for the sake of something else.
First asked by Aristotle
Aristotle's pinning of wealth as a mere means became a lasting reference point for Western economic ethics.
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