Nicomachean Ethics Book 10 Quotes

Happiness then is found to be something perfect and self sufficient being the end to which our actions are directed.

Nicomachean ethics book 10 quotes. Some are activities and others are products apart from the activities. Aristotle quote from the nicomachean ethics how can a man know what is. Nicomachean ethics quotes.

Aristotle the nicomachean ethics 7. Some people think presenting pleasure as base will improve people s conduct since common people are slaves to pleasures and may find a more moderate state if they avoid pleasure altogether. Book 10 chapter 6.

First happiness is an activity not a state. Similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy. Rather pleasure accompanies the activity of any of our faculties like the senses or the mind when they are working at their best.

Aristotle the nicomachean ethics. For all of us quotes are a great way to remember a. It is choiceworthy in its own right if nothing further apart from happiness is sought.

One swallow does not make a summer neither does one fine day. Top ten quotes references are to aristotle the nicomachean ethics trans. Quotes book i every craft and line of inquiry and likewise every action and decision seems to seek some good.

Only those pleasures enjoyed by a good person and for the right reasons are good. Aristotle will spend the rest of the ethics proving this statement. Since happiness is the end of human striving it s necessary to discuss the nature of happiness a bit further.