The social Theory of Georg Simmel

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Grundriss zum Studium der politischen Oekonomie

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1896-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1886443912

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236258

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Nationalökonomie

Volume count:: 1.1915

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1915

Scope:: XVI, 460 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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CHAPTER II MONEY AND THE STYLE OF MODERN LIFE Money and Intellectualism HE phenomena of the money economy are born pri- | marily of that type of mental energy which is called intellect as distinguished from sentiment and feeling. The latter forms of mental energy predominate in periods of natural economy and in fields and spheres not yet in- vaded by the monetary system. This predominance of the intellectual function in modern life is due to the peculiar character of money which makes it both a means and an end. The number of means, of intermediate steps, between the first activity and the final goal develops in the same ratio as our knowledge, the latter being the subjective cor- relate of the objective world-order. As every means is, as such, fully indifferent, the emotional values can in practice attach only to ends or purposes. The more of such ends or final stopping-points our lives contain, the more will the emotional function predominate over the intellectual func- tion. The impulsive and emotional character of primitive people is undoubtedly due in part to the shortness of their teleological series. Even during the Middle Ages, with their production for home consumption and their handi- craft technique, life contained a great many points of defi- nite final satisfaction of purposeful activity. The technique of modern life, with its endless preparation and round- about methods, has created teleological series of infinite 299

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