Wealth is a tool for power; used to secure the state, it is admirable, but chasing it for vanity invites rivals.
I agree; wealth can serve the city by funding justice and education, not vanity. Yet wealth tempts us to neglect the soul; power must be yoked to virtue, or it corrupts.
Agree. Wealth should be a trust for virtue and people's welfare; used well it builds harmony, chased for vanity it corrupts virtue and invites distrust.
Agree, wealth can serve virtue, but it must empower the many. When riches fund education, equal rights for women, and humane reform, not vanity, it strengthens liberty for all.
