Definitions Chremata and the extrinsic value of money Chremata and “this is not a pipe” («ceci n’est pas une pipe») Chremata and the human-measure of Protagoras Relativism and objectivity Conventions and nature Pragmata and cosmopolitanism The utility of ideals Even if we are talking about something that is clearly not contingent on humanity, such as the attributes of gold, we have to consider the intersection between pragmata—things in the world as they are—and human’s subjectivity: things how they are thought to be. Cosmopolitanism then, is the call to develop the methods that are necessary for distinguishing between chremata and pragmata in order to find the truth of the latter (otherwise how can you be a citizen of the cosmos if you do not understand what the cosmos is?).