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Full Idea
The best and most pleasant life is the life of the intellect, since the intellect is in the fullest sense the man.
Gist of Idea
The best life is that of the intellect, since that is in the fullest sense the man
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1178a08)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.331
A Reaction
He would say that, wouldn't he? He's Aristotle, after all. The question of what is a human's essential nature is the nub of the Aristotelian project.