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Full Idea
Aristotle believes, in short, that human life is not important enough for humans to spend their lives on.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle thinks human life is not important enough to spend a whole life on it
Source
comment on Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE]) by Thomas Nagel - Aristotle on Eudaimonia p.12
Book Ref
'Essays on Aristotle's Ethics', ed/tr. Rorty,Amélie Oksenberg [University of California 1980], p.12
A Reaction
The explanation of why Aristotle values contemplation more highly than the moral virtues.