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Full Idea
Honour is clearly the greatest external good.
Gist of Idea
Honour is clearly the greatest external good
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1123b20)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.154
A Reaction
Honour was earlier dismissed as 'the good', largely because it depended on other people. It is not far off to say that the aim of Aristotle's theory is to achieve genuine and justified honour. One's 'eudaimonia' is judged by others too.