The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science: to transform the world by mathematical formulas. Only money economy has filled the days of so many people with weighing, calculating, with numerical determinations, with a reduction of qualitative values to quantitative ones. Georg Simmel
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The life in which one has to calculate everything is like the world of natural science. The world of nature is an orderly, harmonious world in which all things are governed by laws. The purpose of science is to understand these laws and use them to make the world an ideal place. A similar goal is achieved in our lives when we carefully budget our money, look for work 24/7, and live without fear of losing everything.

Source: The Sociology Of Georg Simmel

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