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  Question 35: Can you think of an example in which the quantity of something affects its quality, for instance some physical matter two litres of which are qualitatively different than one litre of it?   
  [1] Ames: quantity affects quality.   Breast implants are an example of something in which its quantity affects its quality. Specifically for cosmetic purposes, a single breast implant has little relative value compared to the value of each implant in a pair of breast implants. That is, a single breast implant can be made from the most esthetic and durable materials, shaped to exact proportions, but its quality will be undermined because a patient or surgeon has little use for a single breast implant without a second to match. Therefore, when two breast implants are available, the quality of each becomes greater. This is because as a pair, these commodities are qualitively surperior. As Marx asserts, qualities must first be actualized by placing the thing in relation with other things. Therefore quantities become relative as well. In order for a breast implant to have greater quality, it must be paired with a second breast implant that is exactly the same. Only in this manner will it contain use-value. Thus, the quantity of breast implants affects its quality.   
  Obi: Ames, I think you may have mistaken complimentary commodities for comparative commodities. I believe that's what the Professor is trying to tell you.   
 
 
 
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