ARISTOTLE ’S EUDAIMONIA Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. Aristotle argues that the highest good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. This "good" may not be viewed as a good action or any good by others‚ but for the doer of the action ("good")‚ the activity will be perceived as good and that it will bring a favorable outcome. Aristotle also said
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of life. Aristotle states that this purpose is essential in being human and to achieve what is considered by the philosopher to be the absolute good‚ happiness. In Book 1 of Nichomachean Ethics Aristotle introduces us to these concepts along with what happiness is and how to truly achieve it. I agree with the majority of these claims‚ and can see them in day to day life‚ but I do not think that Aristotle’s rendition of happiness is complete and does contains flaws. Aristotle looks at
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Molly Struxness Ethics December 10‚ 2012 The Nicomachean Ethics Book VIII/IX Summary: Friendship In these two books‚ Aristotle talked about friendship. He started by stating what the three different types of friendship are. The first type is when it is based on utility. This type of friendship is all about getting a benefit from someone else‚ and it will change according to circumstances. If a person doesn’t get benefits from the other anymore‚ the friendship will cease to be present
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Many Philosophers made a difference in society but Plato is perhaps recognized as the most famous. His writings have had a profound effect on people‚ politics‚ and the philosophy throughout the centuries. He was a public figure and he made major contributions to society. Plato helped to lay the philosophical foundations of modern culture through his ideas and writings. One of the most philosophical thinkers of Western civilization‚ Plato is the only author from ancient Greek times whose writings
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The Pursuit of Happiness In Book I of Neomachean Ethics Aristotle explores the issue of happiness in order to determine the nature of the experience and its effects on the way people live their lives. He talks about the success and fulfillment of happiness and how it is our highest goal. However‚ Aristotle does not say that we should aim for happiness‚ but we do aim at happiness. His point is not to say that we should live happy lives‚ but to show us what a happy life consists of. He states a
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Aristotle‚ Nicomachean Ethics Is Happiness the ultimate goal that everyone seeks? Happiness is the goal that everyone seeks. Some people think that they seek honor‚ wealth‚ or any number of things. For example‚ if someone claims that they seek wealth in actuality they are seeking what they can do with that wealth. The same is for honor; they seek what other is giving them by being honored. Happiness is more like contentment. We do not make choices for the sake of something else; we make them
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life. What exactly is meant by the term “happiness?” Aristotle‚ a philosophy that was a big influence in Western Europe‚ decided to discover what it means to truly be happy and how humans could attain it. Aristotle studied many areas of human knowledge and wrote his thesis in his book The Nicomachean Ethics. He develops the notion that thinking will lead to the highest happiness that a human could achieve. In The Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle talks about how humans have immediate goods in life such
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Part I. Question 1 Aristotle uses two methods to prove light cannot travel. Besides his empirical explanation‚ where he observes that for the supposed motion of light to go “unnoticed from where the sun rises to where it sets is asking too much” (418b26)‚ he also provides an argument that is understood through the “light of reason.” (418b24) To understand his contention we must refer to his definitions of light and the transparent. The transparent is‚ for Aristotle‚ the medium of sight; it is “what
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Aristotle provides the teleological approach of how to live well in his collection of lectures‚ Nicomachean Ethics. In Book II of Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle presents his definition of virtue in which it is "a kind of mean" (N.E. 129). According to Aristotle‚ moral virtue is a means to an end‚ happiness. By using Sophocles’s Antigone‚ I will support Aristotle’s theory of virtue in which he reasons it to be a state of character between two extremes. A virtue that remains relevant today as it did
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Plato’s The Apology is an account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state‚ inventing new deities‚ and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates’ speech‚ however‚ is by no means an "apology" in our modern understanding of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek "apologia‚" which translates as a defense‚ or a speech made in defense. Thus‚ in The Apology‚ Socrates attempts to defend himself and his conduct--certainly
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