MONEY AND THE STYLE OF MODERN LIFE 251 Il Ak 11 i - f y n . "Nn d 1s +f dd mately correlated with analogous counterparts in social and subjective life. This relativistic viewpoint has found in money both the real effective bearer and the reflecting symbol of its forms and movements.! Money is, therefore, more than a standard of value and a means of exchange. It has a meaning and significance over and above its purely economic function. Modern society is a monetary society not merely because its eco- nomic transactions are based on money, or because its manifold aspects are influenced by money, but because it is in money that the modern spirit finds its most perfect expression. \ Phil. des Geldes, pp. 534-85. Ye N~- K ™ nN (Y= dd q ar 1e zd US .e Ra 11 f- e