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    Caleb Eriksen: Do you consider yourself successful? Why?  Brian Lutter:  I would like to consider myself fairly successful because of graduating college on time and then also getting a good job in finance at J.P. Morgan. However one of the most important things in life even over being wealthy or financially successful is happiness. Being happy and content with your life to me is more important than anything. If you are happy and content and live a positive lifestyle than everything seems to fall

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    Aristotle is known for his ideas and beliefs in Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle sates the individual should be thought of and taking care of first. If we are to take care of the few individuals‚ then the whole society should be taking care of. Aristotle uses politics and ethics together to explain the good life. People generally disagree as to the nature and conditions of happiness. Some people believe that happiness is wealth‚ honor‚ pleasure‚ or virtue. Aristotle thinks that wealth is not happiness

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    THE PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN ERNEST HEMNGWAY’S “A CLEAN‚ WELL-LIGHTED PLACE” IRSYADA K 2250408007 TITIS HERLYANA 2250408009 DIANA N. BEDAGAAMA 2250408016 RENI RACMAWATI 2250408018 INTRODUCTION People need happiness in their life. We can say that our goal in our life is happiness. A lot of people are seeking for happiness‚ but they usually don’t understand what happiness is. In this paper‚ we are going to find the answer of what happiness is and how can we get the happiness

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    Many people consider that money is a very important in order to accomplish happiness‚ but a majority of the time money and happiness have nothing to do with each other. In “Jeannot and Colin” by Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire the reader is presented with the story of a family who acquires a great richness and then ends up losing everything. With this story the reader is presented with many of the lessons of why money and happiness do not work well with each other. The reader is also presented with

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    We all want to be happy but how do we to find eternal happiness? Happiness has been the question to many that are unable to answer based on their own opinions. Aristotle states‚ “Happiness depends on ourselves” (Pursuit of Happiness). He makes many points as to what happiness is. He says that happiness is the ultimate end and purpose of human existence‚ it is the exercise of virtue‚ it is the perfection of human nature‚ it depends on our character‚ and it requires intellectual contemplation. True

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    Everyone has different ideas about whether happiness is a state of being or a process. Arthur Schopenhauer claims that happiness is a state of mind that one must strive for‚ while Friedrich Nietzsche claims that happiness is the process of pursuing one’s desires. Martin Seligman’s concept of the three lives explains that happiness can be both a state of being and a process depending on which of the three lives one is experiencing. Both Schopenhauer’s and Nietzsche’s ideas on happiness relate to Seligman’s

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    In book one of Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle establishes his belief that in order for humans beings to achieve true happiness‚ they should try to find balance in certain aspects of their life called virtues. To define true happiness‚ Aristotle formulates that whatever happiness is‚ it must be the highest good (49). In other words‚ Aristotle is indicating that whatever we do in life‚ we do for the sake of happiness. Furthermore‚ true happiness is the apogee of our intentions. Once we achieve true

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    Seeking the Owl It is said that the great quest in life is to find happiness and in happiness wisdom. Aristotle says that happiness is among the highest of goods‚ that it comes from a sense of being at work‚ a work that makes your soul feel at peace. It is a type of work that you can do with beauty and excellence. It is something that only you can do‚ it is your gift. And through this‚ you are able to do the work that God intended for you. A New York University film called this search of happiness

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    Galen O’Neill Perspectives Professor Donnelly October 7‚ 2014 Understanding The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle’s advice on living an excellent life in college and beyond would focus on the path towards attaining happiness. As the best‚ self-sufficient end and the highest form of good‚ happiness accompanies the acquisition of virtue through action and promotes pure character. Under Aristotle’s terms‚ balance rules the process of obtaining a life of excellence as it curbs extreme behavior and allows

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    1. Explain Aristotle’s definition of happiness as a final end‚ and why the “final end” is equivalent to the ultimate good. Aristotle’s most basic definition of happiness is that it is the final end. This final end is viewed as a goal‚ something that is worth pursuing. When something is defined as good‚ it is good because it is worth being realized‚ which can thus be associated with a goal. At this point‚ it can be understood that the terms end and good are exchangeable. Since Aristotle is a classical

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