Question

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What is the main idea of this excerpt?:
"Gold and silver, of which money is made, are treated... that no one values
them more highly than their true nature deserves. Who does not see that they are
far inferior to iron in usefulness since without iron mortals cannot live any more
than without fire and water?"

Answer 1

Answer:

The main idea is that gold and silver are valued more than iron, but iron is actually more useful

Explanation:

I think this is correct, please let me know if it's wrong

Answer 2

the answer is that silver and gold is more valuable then iron but we use iron more so iron i guess would be more useful