Full Idea
Life in conformity with moral virtue will be happy in a secondary degree, because such activities are human (not divine).
Gist of Idea
A life of moral virtue brings human happiness, but not divine happiness
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1178a10)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.331
A Reaction
It seems a bit silly for a human being to aspire to 'divine' happiness. If contemplation is the eudaimonia of the gods, why does that mean that humans should aspire to it. Should cats try to play chess?