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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

21891	The good is implicitly violent (against evil), so there is no pure good [Derrida]
	Full Idea: Even the good is implicitly violent (against evil), so there can be no 'pure' good.
	From: Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7538	The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe]
	Full Idea: The happiest man is one who can link the end of his life with its beginning.
	From: Wolfgang von Goethe (Maxims and Reflections [1825], 140)
	A reaction: [from 'Art and Antiquity']. A nice thought, which chimes in with the idea that a good life is like a complete story or a work of art (Idea 7501), or that it is 'eudaimon'.