Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

There has always been the question in life as to what happiness truly is. Thus, people spend their life pursuing it and trying to define it. Additionally, people invest a great deal energy in working towards a contented life. Aristotle argues that all of our actions have a result and that the best end is happiness. In fact, according to Aristotle, happiness is our human function. Aristotle, discusses that to have a truly happy life we would have to perform virtuous actions that are within the mean; neither excessive, nor deficient. Aristotle also emphasizes that happiness is more permanent than pleasure. Indeed, he argues further that our ethics is defined by our actions. His main point is that we need to live temperate lives in order to be
In Aristotle's book 1 of his Nicomachean Ethics he says that there has always been a significant comparison with the relationship with how well you are doing in life along with your well being and this relating back to happiness. (4). This is to say the idea that men or people generally find their happiness in what we have or more so what we have achieved in life and what we consider our significant accomplishments. This idea is looking at the aspects of life that most of us see on the outside and I think this has become more and more commanding with the addition of social media. With social media being added to the equation makes it tough to differ what you see as happiness and gives other a way to one up other people which in turn can cause a decline the achievement that you made clear that was important to you. He argues that people find happiness within these accomplishments and what they bring in our lives. Aristotle also talks about the living well can be comparable to the type of economic
This is the driving purpose of our existence and continues to drive our society forward in achieving things and the idea behind that we need these social interactions to push forward the commonality that we all share and that brings us together. Without these connections that we make throughout life it makes the rest the things we do less significant. We have to keep in mind that the constructs of our lives are based on the times we live in and the things that nature and nurture has given us to determine what each person feels and the driving goal differs in what we are given in life. The best example to use would be to look at a single man on earth his goal is not his riches, how big a house he can build or even any of his achievements his only goal is survival. With this being said everything we do in our lives with the ending result being good will always have emotional connections and ending with the amount of good always being tied that those