The Boring Truth About What Makes a Good Life
What Makes a Good Life: The Boring Truth. It has nothing to do with feeling good, being successful, or being happy. It's funny how that turns out when I read Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics recently. For years, I've been reading philosophy. Pragmatists, stoics, and contemporary thinkers. In my work, I have cited Aristotle numerous times. But somehow, I haven't finished The Nicomachean Ethics yet. It is regarded as one of the most significant works in the history of philosophy. It was written in the fourth century BCE. The most striking aspect of this book was its similarity to what we now refer to as "self-help." You are not motivated by Aristotle. Nor is he promising anything.
He is posing a straightforward
query: What exactly does it entail to live a happy life? You see? Life is not pleasant, prosperous, or even
meaningful. He cared about having a good life. The ideal lifestyle, as defined
by Aristotle Aristotle issues a warning that already demolishes the majority of
contemporary conceptions of happiness: In the same way that a single day or
brief period of happiness does not make a person completely happy, "one
swallow does not make a summer."
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