Full Idea
Wisdom studies none of the things that go to make a man happy, because it is not concerned with any kind of process.
Gist of Idea
Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1143b20)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.221
A Reaction
This seems to be a very Platonic view, and not really consistent with Aristotle's overall metaphysics. It strikes me as simply wrong. Maybe all of reality is a process, and wisdom is then a maximum understanding of that process.