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Full Idea
The more people contemplate, the happier they are.
Gist of Idea
The more people contemplate, the happier they are
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1178b29)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.334
A Reaction
On the other hand he regularly says that virtues concern actions, not thoughts. He sees slavery as essential to allow others to contemplate, but feeling guilty about that would ruin it.