Full Idea
Not to have ordered one's life in relation to some end is a mark of extreme folly.
Gist of Idea
It is folly not to order one's life around some end
Source
Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1214b10)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics I,II and VIII', ed/tr. Woods,Michael [OUP 1992], p.2
A Reaction
A most interesting claim, not found in the Nichomachean Ethics. There the teleology is descriptive, but here it is prescriptive. It is tempting to rebel against Aristotle's injuncture. He was a driven workaholic. Why not float through life like gossamer?