10 philosophers on whether money can make you happy

10 philosophers on whether money can make you happy

Money. It’s either the root of all evil or the best thing ever. We’ve all faced the question of if we should pursue money for its own sake or if we would be better off without it. Philosophers have asked the same question about money and how it relates to the good life.

Aristotle

While he saw money as merely a tool to promote other goals, he is open about the fact that the good life requires that you have a fair amount of it.

Ben Franklin

Franklin was independently wealthy and wrote a book on how to earn and save money

The Buddha

The founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha lived in both extreme wealth and obscene poverty

Jacob Needleman

While money might assure that we have access to necessities, it won’t cure us of worrying about having them

Soren Kierkegaard

Desiring too much money is a symptom of not living fully

Thoreau

He lived a simple, self-sufficient life in the wilderness

Schopenhauer

Opined that most people were doomed to unpleasant lives

Karl Marx

The father of modern communism, and the favorite philosopher of many a penniless left-winger.

Epicurus

Epicurus was a philosopher with some bold ideas on how to make people happy

Nietzsche (Getty Images)

Nietzsche was one of the prominent members of the chronically asking for money club.

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