Is it strange for a modern reader to think that somebody 25 hundred years ago approximately, had something useful to say on this? I mean, really, come on. Is is he lived in a time first ll were a toguy, but imean, what the hack? Why are we turning to him when we should be looking for the meaning of life and how to live? He's basically taking up the large question. What was he trying to achieve? What's the go atwas his goldness book?" i hope i can persuade your sceptical self of that in the time we have remaining.
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.
This episode also discusses the listeners' votes for their Top 10 EconTalk podcast episodes for 2020.