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was particularly important. Aristotle describes the basic function of money as a universal instrument of quantitative measurement"for it measures all things [...]"making things alike and comparable due to a social "agreement" of acceptance. In that way, money also enables a new type of economic society and the definition of wealth in measurable quantities, such as gold and money. Modern philosophers like Nietzsche criticized the fixation on measurable wealth: "Unsere 'Reichen' - das sind die Ärmsten! Der eigentliche Zweck alles Reichtums ist

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