... receiving it. In addition to the aforementioned claims, He equates goodness with performing one's function well. Aristotle attaches a function that is unique to human beings: rational activity and that is also the soul's activity based on the premise that human's function is the activity of the soul. When actions are completed well, virtues are expressed accordingly through the soul's activity. Therefore, the highest good, happiness, "turns out to be an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are more ... than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complet...

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... to go through a life of thought and reason to reach the median of these virtues, happiness is "an activity of the soul" (Aristotle 12). It's a lifelong process of learn and experience to obtain the median of a virtue therefore through the life span the soul has searched happiness because they have searched the mean of the virtue. Aristotle says that happiness is the ultimate goal of human activity because it takes a life time to find the right reason and means of a virtue and happiness in itself ... is complete once achieved. Aristotle says ... ...

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... , since wealth, honor, pleasure and the common good are feelings of happiness that can easily be taken away. Aristotle says that we must first understand that "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue" (Denise, 35). There are three parts of the soul: the rational (reasoning only present in humans), the irrational (growth and development present in all living things), and the irrational that is controlled by the rational (present in all animals ... ). We must reason in accordance with the best state of our virtue to fulfill our desires. This highest state is the m...

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... you lived your life according to the Laws of God then you soul is going to be sent into heaven and from there you will be with God and the other saints. The moral implications are that when you think of yourself before you think of the big picture your life will be cut short, because the benevolent man has long lasting mortality and virtue. And according to Epictetus, "If ... and be benevolent. Aristotle states that there is only one God, and that the heavens are a constantly moving entity that is eternal.  Since it is constantly in motion and communications motion to all things, it re...

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... an activity of the soul in conformity with a rational principle." There are many particulars in gaining this happiness Aristotle speaks of. The human good is the activity of the soul exhibiting excellence for ones entire life. Human excellence is the activity of the soul according to reason. We know this because of the human function. It is not just having the ability to be virtuous. It is the activity, not just possessing it. "The function of the harpist is to play the harp; the function of the harpist who has high standards is ... to play it well. It is excellence that makes men capab...

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... just know how to ride it takes time and practice. Ethics are not determining the right and wrong, but how to live a virtuous and happy life. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, happiness has a different definition then how others view. He believes that, "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue" (Aristotle, 13). He agrees that individuals have different ways they reach their own ... happiness. It can be found in many different ways such as, pleasure, honor, wealth, knowledge, being surrounded by family, or anything else. Each action aims at some kind of end. The...

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... may exist without producing any good result, as in a man who is asleep or in some other way quite inactive, but the activity cannot; for one who has the activity will of necessity be acting, and acting well." This alone sets eudaimonia apart from all components of happiness because it pairs an emotion with an action. However, Aristotle defines eudaimonia with no general rules. Aristotle states in book ... it just took me a while to realize that it is was my passion. This longing for mine was not contained like hedonism, but it was rather shared, for in book 1 chapter 7 Aristotle reitera...

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