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#303: The Philosphy of Frugality

The Art of Manliness

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Aristotle's Principles of Extravagance

Aristotle has a moral philosophy where he often says that the most desirable character trait is a sort of mean between two extremes. He actually does praise in a way extravagance, but condemns miserliness. Magnificence requires you to be one of the very wealthy; parsimoniousness means not putting so much value on money. What's in the middle is something like someone who provides funds for worthy causes.

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