All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit, but democrats identify with freemen, supporters of oligarchy with wealth (or noble birth), and supporters…
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Death is a reality that every living being must face at some point in their life. It is the final chapter in the story of life, and marks the end of our existence on this earth. The quote highlights the…
Moral excellence is concerned with pleasure and pain; because of pleasure we do bad things and for fear of pain we avoid noble ones. For this reason, we ought to be trained from youth, as Plato says: to find pleasure…
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If the virtues are neither passions nor facilities, all that remains is that they should be states of character. Aristotle___ Aristotle, one of the most influential philosophers in Western thought, believed that the virtues were essential to living a good…
Knowledge is not necessary for the possession of the virtues, whereas the habits which result from doing just and temperate acts count for all. By doing just acts the just man is produced, by doing temperate acts, the temperate man;…
No happy man can become miserable, for he will never do acts that are hateful and mean. Aristotle___ The quote “No happy man can become miserable, for he will never do acts that are hateful and mean” speaks to the…
It is absurd to make external circumstances responsible and not oneself, and to make oneself responsible for noble acts and pleasant objects responsible for base ones. Aristotle___ Taking responsibility for our actions is an essential component of personal growth and…
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion since wealth is not the good we are seeking and is merely useful for the sake of something else. Aristotle___ Money is an essential part of our lives, providing us with…
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The self-sufficient we define as that which when isolated, makes life desirable and complete, and such we think happiness to be. It cannot be exceeded and is, therefore, the end of action. Aristotle___ Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, once said, “The…
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