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Single Idea 106

[from 'Nicomachean Ethics' by Aristotle, in 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness ]

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 Reference

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.