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62: Nietzsche Contra Capitalism

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Aristotle's Attitude on Wealth

In Plato's Republic Socrates argues that any society that allows the unrestrained acquisition of wealth will not be merely one society, but two. The Roman attitude towards wealth I think is particularly interesting because they always regarded it as a danger to the moral character of the individual. And so in other words, for Aristotle, greed and spending are things that have to be moderated or else you will fall into vice.

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