Aristotle on Happiness, Virtue, and Wisdom

by Bryan C. Reece

Aristotle thinks that happiness is an activity - it consists in doing something - rather than a feeling. It is the best activity of which humans are capable and is spread out over the course of a life. But what kind of activity is it? Some of his remarks indicate that it is a single best kind of activity, intellectual contemplation. Other evidence suggests that it is an overarching activity that has various virtuous activities, ethical and intellectual,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108486738
• ISBN13: 9781108486736
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"