Aristotle's Ethics

Hellenistic philosophers frequently mention aristotle, only to dismiss his ethical theory as insufficiently rigorous. Authors of the first centuries b, c and a d tend to reduce aristotle's subtle and elaborate ethical reflections to two fundamental ideas: emotions should be moderated rather than eliminated. This is obviously not an adequate summary of aristotelian ethics but the aristotelians still needed to respond, especially on the issue of external goods. They did so by meeting the stoics half way. They admitted that virtue suffices for happiness, but said that the supremely happy man would be the man who has it all,.