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I recently saw the sentence on a grammar example site:

多ければよいというものでもない。

From this example, it seems that this sentence means the same thing:

多ければよいというわけじゃない。

Do these sentence in fact mean the same thing? Are there any differences
between "というものでもない" and "というわけじゃない・というわけではない"?
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というものでもない vs. というわけではない
In my own words:

> 「～～という **もの** だ/ではない」 vs. 「～～という **わけ** だ/ではない」
>
> = Universality vs. Particularity

「～～という **もの** だ/ではない」 is most often used to describe and/or define a
phenomenon in light of what is generally considered normal -- in other words,
in light of common sense. There is little room for personal opinions here.

「～～という **わけ** だ/ではない」 is usually used to explain the reason for or basic truth
about a particular phenomenon in order to persuade either oneself or another
person. There is plenty of room for personal opinions here.

OP's example 「多ければよい」 = "the more, the better", however, is simply too broad
in meaning to serve as a good example for my explanation of Universality vs.
Particularity. In fact, it is so broad that it allows itself much
interchangeability for use between the pair of phrases in question. So, I am
writing some examples myself.

「それが[侍]{さむらい}の[生]{い}き[方]{かた}という **もの** だ。」= "That is what they call 'samurai's
way of life'."

「[長]{なが}く生きれば[必]{かなら}ずよいという **もの** でもない。」= "It could not be said with absolute
certainty that the longer you live, the better."

「スミ[子]{こ}が[町]{まち}から[去]{さ}っていったのは、オレのことが[嫌]{きら}いになった **わけ** ではない。」= "The reason
Sumiko left the town is not that she came to dislike me."

「アメリカ[人]{じん}なら[誰]{だれ}でもハンバーガーが[好]{す}きだという **わけ** じゃないよ。」 = "It is not that
every single American likes hamburgers."
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