Aristotle is looking forthe the peaks. In more democratic times, we can expand his term about activity and its satisfactions to include the small things of everyday life in which we do express our humanity in very rich ways. He's ra blind to that in this book. It's a shortcoming,. but i'm but the idea of to flourish is to be active and not just busy and distracting yourself.
Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human flourishing with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on an essay from his book, Leading a Worthy Life, Kass gives a broad overview of Aristotle's ideas on how to live.
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