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What does "work is a means to an end" mean?



 
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What does "work is a means to an end" mean? Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:51 am  What does "work is a means to an end" mean?		  
What does "work is a means to an end" mean?
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Work Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:46 pm  Work		  
Hi vivichern,

This means that work has a purpose - a means is a method by which you do something and an end here has the idea of a goal/purpose/an aim

In other words you could say that work produces money and this is the purpose of work.

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