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Wealth

 

Artificial wealth, such as money, does not directly help nature, but is invented by man for the convenience of exchange and as a measure of all things salable. The notion that wealth lives in money, or gold and silver, is a popular one, but even the people from pre-materialistic times believe that the wealth of a country exists not only in its gold and silver, but in its accumulation of land, houses and consumable goods of all kinds. In today's world of politics especially, money is power and wealth. St. Paul said "the love of money is the root of all evil," and people wonder where that old saying came from. .
             The distinction between real wealth and money, and the distinction between necessities and luxuries have more than just economic significance. It has more concern for the desire of wealth, and where it should be put to use. Since money can buy almost anything, people naturally want to have a great deal of it. Aristotle said that the art of obtaining money is natural, it must find a ready hand, or itself to provide, such things necessary to life. Those are the elements of true riches, because the amount of property, which is needed for good life, is not unlimited, but there is another variety to the art of obtaining, which is known as an art of wealth getting, and this suggests that riches and property have no limit. Why is that money is considered the only means to being wealthy, and the connecting issue is how the money is obtained and used. Do you really have to have money to be wealthy, or can your fulfillment of lifetime goals and reaching eternal happiness be wealth? A person is considered wealthy if he/she is a millionaire, while another person is considered wealthy because he/she is surrounded by so many positively good things, such as love, health, and being well nourished in all aspects of life. It is true to say that money itself cannot satisfy any natural need.


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