According to Aristotle the good life is the happy life‚ as happiness is an end in itself. He also believes that all actions aim at the good and that the good is happiness. I believe ‘some’ of Aristotle’s views on the good life are correct but I believe sometimes we can sacrifice our own happiness for someone else’s happiness and the people that don’t have the power to reason do have souls and they are still as human as everybody else. In order to make my point I will first have to explain Aristotle’s
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idea of ‘good’ in Book 1 to be particularly interesting. Aristotle begins Politics by defining that a state is defined by its “view to some good” (1252a1). He later goes on to define that the state exists “for the sake of a good life” after its citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually
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Born in Athens in 469 B.C.E‚ he spent most of his time at the marketplace and other public places engaging in dialogues about truths of life. Among many other things‚ he discussed virtue and happiness and how closely they are related. According to Socrates‚ virtue is absolutely necessary for perfect happiness because virtue brings a type of happiness that other things could never bring. In this paper‚ I will explain the aforementioned idea of Socrates on virtue and happiness and through evidence from
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assess the proposition that happiness is something which can be‚ and ought to be‚ taught. There is no one definition of happiness‚ however philosophy and psychology have long been interested in this phenomenon as well as how to enhance it. Sometimes these two disciplines came up with propositions how to be happy. As an example Epicurus (342–270 BCE) begun hedonistic approach referring to maximization of pleasure (Seligman‚ 2002). Later on Aristotle said that “happiness is the meaning and the purpose
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MY INSPIRATION My family is my inspiration. All things which I have done are for my family. I love my parent‚ sisters and brother. I obey their command and do the household chores. I would try to study my lesson this school year and my family is my inspiration of it. My aim is I can help our family. And I could not do it if I could not finish my studies. The competition of getting a job is too much nowadays. Even‚ the degree holders have the difficulty to find the job‚ then how much more
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to Deeper Happiness Is Simpler Than You Might Think” by Ginny Graves (2017) and “Happiness Is Other People” by Ruth Whippman (2017)‚ both authors acknowledged that the source of happiness is important. Graves delivered her stand objectively and professionally‚ explaining that the source of happiness should come naturally by pursuing activities that coincide with one’s values and comes within oneself. In contrast‚ Whippman was overreacting and informal in her explanation that happiness from within
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and purpose. It is a brotherhood‚ as the members usually say‚ of people at a college or university usually characterized by Greek letters. For members‚ fraternity means brotherhood‚ unity‚ friendship‚ trust and acceptance. It means meeting new people‚ sharing interests and accepting others’ as well. It helps in building confidence and character because they believe that a fraternity gives a certain kind of protection. It gives the feeling of security and importance. It is somewhat comparable to gangs
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Is Aristotle right to say that virtues of character lie between an excess and deficiency? Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato. Aristotle had two major works about the Ethics‚ they are Nichomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics. Aristotle claims that all the action of a human must aim to something‚ but if you are day-dreaming‚ it won’t be counted as an action. Aristotle also talks about the golden mean. The golden mean can help to support why Aristotle
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O. Henry’s‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ follows a young poor couple that give up their greatest belongings in order to buy something special for each other. However‚ they can not make use of their gifts‚ because what they gave up‚ relates to their possessions they gave up. In Sherman Alexie’s “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ the protagonist Victor travels with his childhood friend Thomas to Phoenix to get the remains of his dead father. Thomas tells him the story of Victors dad telling
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Sean Luong Jackson Whistle English 1B July 9‚ 2014 New vs Old Slowly we see many civilizations and cultures lose themselves as time goes by. New generations start forgetting history of themselves becoming people living in the present as well as writing their own history‚ while others bass in the pass‚ never forgetting where they came from and who they are. The same happened in “This is What it means to say Phoenix Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the story followed two men who traveled to retrieve
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