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Question:absolutely not. anyone here in the philosophy section should agree that mental health is way more important than material wealth. for one thing, you cannot appreciate your material wealth or earn more of it without your mental health. when is the last time you saw a crazy rich person? (impaired judgement does not count here; a lot of the stars may be crazy and rich, but how is that working out for Britney?) besides, thought is one of the things that makes us human. you can still think in a screwed up way with impaired mental health, but that is almost like being a human in a screwed up way.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: absolutely not. anyone here in the philosophy section should agree that mental health is way more important than material wealth. for one thing, you cannot appreciate your material wealth or earn more of it without your mental health. when is the last time you saw a crazy rich person? (impaired judgement does not count here; a lot of the stars may be crazy and rich, but how is that working out for Britney?) besides, thought is one of the things that makes us human. you can still think in a screwed up way with impaired mental health, but that is almost like being a human in a screwed up way.
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    • No matter how hard I try & think of an alternative, nothing beats mental health.

    Case in point - Britney Spears who apparently earns close to a million a month but needless to say....
    Probably depends on the person. However, I think most find it disappointing when they find they have everything - cheap thrills, and then you fail to appreciate what you have. If you're happy, that's a reward every day.
    to some people, sure
    No But It Helps To Have Both!!
    mental.
    yes
    You mean like Hugh Hefner? Adolf Hitler? Napolean Bonapart? Ivan the Terrible? All incredibly brilliant people whom people adored and then went crazy and either exiled themselves or whom were exiled? Wouldn't it be nice to maintain the sanity and the power and therefore material wealth? Have you ever noticed that those with power and weath become mentally unstable? Yet to get there in the first place they were cougars or lions and therefore used their superiority of intelligence to empower themselves before they fell? Of course, Brittany was not politically empowered, but she was beauty and musically empowered and therefore become insanely empowered. Too bad. I hold to that one should maintain their mental health and whatever cost.
    Material wealth is sought as a means to an end - that end is mental wellbeing, which could be seen as "mental health." ergo if you have mental health you don't need material wealth. Perhaps all of our minds then, following that reasoning, are "bent" by nature.
    No, material wealth is not important. Mental health is far more important, because people who suffer from it need help, and I do not feel that they are getting enough help from the NHS because of the lack of resources. It is very sad that materialism seems to be rated higher these days as people seem obsessed by materalistic values by buying expensive items such as 4x4 vehicles or bigger homes or having second homes. Money should be spend more on mental health. They are closing psychiatric hospitals thinking that sufferers can cope on their own when they really need help from us. We should really do something about it. I know several people who suffer from mental heallth problems as well as people I know also know of others who suffer too. It is a growing problem today.
    Mental Health more important
    Oblivious not look around at the worlds power brokers ?
    Our " Material".. is the worst.. part of our Mentality!!


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