Moses Hess wrote an essay titled 'The Essence of Money' in 1845.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Hess's essay titled 'The Essence of Money' exists and was published in 1845 in the Rheinische Jahrbücher, per the marxists.org text. Some sources date the composition to 1843–44 and give an earlier Paris publication under a different title, so 'wrote in 1845' is loose but the core claim holds.
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… I don't think anarchists know this about their founders. This means that, that the founders of the socialist left in the 19th century, Prudhon, Marx and Bakunin, all have come to the same conclusions. Even Moses has, despite, you know, he says the exact same thing. I have him, so we don't have time, but he wrote an essay in 1845, same time Marx wrote his, or a year after, called The Essence of Money. He says pretty much the same thing. The main minds of the nineteenth century that created what we call the left all say the same thing regarding the role of Jews in capitalism, their takeover of public morals. …
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Supports. The marxists.org archive gives the text as 'The Essence of Money' by Moses Hess, 1845, sourced to the Rheinische Jahrbücher zur gesellschaftlichen Reform, Darmstadt, 1845.[1]
Supports. A Chinese-language encyclopedia entry lists the work as 'On the Monetary System, also translated as On the Essence of Money' (Über das Geldwesen), dated 1845.[2]
Contradicts. The English Wikipedia entry says the essay 'On Money' (Über das Geldwesen) was written in 1843–44 and was not published at the time, which conflicts with the claim that Hess wrote it in 1845.[3]
Context. An Italian scholarly article says Hess's text appeared in Paris in 1844 as 'Was ist Geld?' and was reprinted in Germany the following year under the title 'L'essenza del denaro', which matches the post's 'same time or a year after' framing.[4]
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- 1www.marxists.org · archive · hessThe Essence of Money by Moses Hess 1845marxists.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2摩西·赫斯wikiwand.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Moses Hess - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4“L'essenza del denaro”intrasformazione.com · not rated · cited for: context
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