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Question: Do you think there is a point at which we "cannot smell the roses" (in the philosophical sense) if we have (own) too much? Or does living the good life require at least a minimum subsistence level, so that one has adequate "leisure", as Pieper suggests?

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Just like any other "position statement" kind of question we have discussed before, or that you may have had to cover before, this one has multiple possibilities and the position would depend on a number of finer criteria. For example, how ...

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