MONEY
Ifman’sfeelings,passions,etc.,arenotmerelyanthropologicalcharacteristicsinthenarrowersense,butaretrulyontologicalaffirmationsofhisessence(nature),andiftheyonlyreallyaffirmthemselvesinsofarastheirobjectexistssensuouslyforthem,thenitisclear:
(1)Thattheirmodeofaffirmationisbynomeansoneandthesame,butratherthatthedifferentmodesofaffirmationconstitutetheparticularcharacteroftheirexistence,oftheirlife.Themodeinwhichtheobjectexistsforthemisthecharacteristicmodeoftheirgratification.
(2)Wherethesensuousaffirmationisadirectannulment[Aufheben]oftheobjectinitsindependentform(eating,drinking,fashioningofobjects,etc.),thisistheaffirmationoftheobject.
(3)Insofarasman,andhencealsohisfeelings,etc.,arehuman,theaffirmationoftheobjectbyanotherisalsohisowngratification.