Aristotle's View Of The Ancient World View

Upon conclusion of the Mythic Time worldview, the era of the gods, there emerged a new philosophy, the introduction of the Ancient Time worldview and reason. The Ancient worldview, driven by philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius, focused on the idea of the cosmos and nature being self-sustaining and harmonious. Aristotle’s work The Proper Function of Man and its Relation to the Good Life, revolved around many of the essential ideals of the Ancient worldview. Within Aristotle’s work three of these ideas become very apparent including: “humans can use reason to understand the cosmos, cosmos/nature contains within itself the divine, and the orderliness of the cosmos/nature serves as a model for human conduct, encouraging us to seek goodness in this life and to model our societies on nature’s way of designing each thing to fit its purpose”. Although Plato has a differing viewpoint, Aristotle’s manifestation of the ancient worldview centralizes around the idea that man was put on this earth for one purpose, to find the greatest truth in life.
As a philosopher, Aristotle focuses on dedicating his life to finding real truth and meaning. He says, “the function of a man is to live a life as an activity of the soul in accordance with reason” (Aristotle 355). With this quote, Aristotle exemplifies the idea that humans are set apart by their ability to reason. No other organisms have the ability to think, learn, and live as humans do, due to their inability to be guided by logic. Thus, humans are the only ones who can attain true happiness. Aristotle argues that through reason, humans will be able to achieve the ultimate goal of life, to find