Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Book 1
And so it has been well said that the good is mram.
Aristotle nicomachean ethics book 1. It is true that a certain variety is to be observed among the ends at which the arts and sciences aim. However a good person will always behave in a virtuous manner. Nicomachean ethics 5 good judge of that subject and the man who has received an all round education is a good judge in general.
Book 1 chapter 1. Hence it has been well said that the good is that at which all things aim. Every art and every investigation and likewise every practical pursuit or undertaking seems to aim at some good.
2. And for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. That at which everything aims.
When talking about happiness we consider a person s life as a whole not just brief moments of it. This raises the paradoxical suggestion that a person can be considered happy only after death that is once we can examine the person s life as a whole. According to aristotle every craft line of inquiry action and decision seeks some end or good but these goods differ.
Some are activities others are products apart from the activities that produce them. Ross batoche books kitchener 1999. But a difference is observable among these aims or ends.
Book i 1 every art and every inquiry. The nicomachean ethics of aristotle. For example health is the end of medicine a boat the end of boatbuilding and victory the end of generalship.