Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep The Ethics of Aristotle, Part 2
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May 15, 2023 AI Snips
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Host's Return To Aristotle
- The host returns to Aristotle's Ethics after three years, noting time flies and expressing surprise at the gap.
- This personal aside frames the evening's reading and reconnects the listener to the series' continuity.
Pleasure Mirrors Perfect Activity
- Aristotle defines pleasure as the natural concomitant and index of perfect activity, inseparable but distinct from the activity itself.
- The highest pleasures accompany the highest activities, so pleasure's value depends on the worth of the activity.
Happiness Is Contemplation
- Aristotle argues true happiness is found not in practical or political life but in contemplative, philosophical activity.
- The contemplative life yields the highest and most satisfying form of human life.