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Happiness is the Greatest Good
In Aristotle’s essay, he “focuses particularly on how reason, our rational capacity, should help us recognize and pursue what will lead to happiness and the good life.”(Cooley and Powell, 459) He refers to the soul as a part of the human body and what its’ role is in pursuing true happiness and reaching a desirable end. Aristotle defines “g ....
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.... ultimate end is happiness.
Happiness is perhaps the only clear ultimate end. Happiness is what we strive for by itself and not to get anything else. “So it appears that happiness is the ultimate end and completely sufficient by itself. It is the end we seek in all we do.”(Aristotle, 461) Mans’ good is related to his purpose; the purpose of a man involves the actions of his soul (the soul being a part of his reasoning). By carrying out t ....
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