Without Being Appropriated To This Possession

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Alibey1917
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Without Being Appropriated To This Possession

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“Only he can be rich and use wealth freely . . . who can be poor, in the sense of poverty which is no mere renunciation. For renunciation remains constantly in a not-having, for which, as soon as there is something that it does not have, it would also like to have everything, though without being appropriated to this possession. This renunciation does not spring from the courage (Mut) of poverty (Armut). This renunciation, which wants to have, is mere indigence which continues to depend on wealth, without being in a position to know its genuine essence and the conditions of its appropriation and without wanting to submit itself to them. The essential and originary poverty is courage for simple and originary things, courage which has no need to depend on anything. This poverty discerns the essence of wealth and in this way knows the law and the manner in which it is offered” (Martin Heidegger, “Die Armut,” in Heidegger Studies)

I couldn't figure out what the emphasized sentence say exactly, can you help me?
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