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Ivan Ilyich's Prolonged Death
- Ivan Ilyich suffered a slow, painful death due to a mysterious injury after receiving a coveted job promotion.
- He spent his last days wrestling with pain and the superficiality of his life and social relationships.
Modern Life’s Shallow Success
- Ivan Ilyich's life exemplifies a typical modern facade of success balanced between work and leisure without meaningful personal depth.
- His family ties are weak and secondary, echoing a common pattern of superficiality in modern bourgeois life.
Missing Aristotelian Virtues
- Ivan Ilyich lacks Aristotelian essentials like genuine friendship and meaningful love, which contribute to a good life.
- His life is consumed only by work and leisure, missing serious or higher pleasures that Aristotle champions.