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Arthur Schopenhauer

Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Schopenhauer means that money represents a simplified form of happiness, but it is not happiness itself. Therefore, someone who cannot find joy in real-life experiences focuses entirely on accumulating money instead.

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