ARISTOTLE - happiness

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 “good” as that which everything aims.(Aristotle, 459) Humans have an insatiable …showed first 75 words of 1017 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1017 total…good. However, not everyone performs their actions with the same degree of excellence and judging the true excellence of such activities can be subjective. As long as the activities are performed to that persons’ best ability, they should be seen as achieving a level of goodness. “True happiness lies in the active life of a rational being or in a perfect realization and outworking of the true soul and self, continued throughout a lifetime.”(unknown, 2)