... a definite understanding of what Aristotle was really getting at, and whether his arguments flourish or perish. The Argument for Eudaimonia In Book 1 of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to reason his way towards Eudaimonia. Firstly he states that the purpose of every action is to seek good (good being the ... of the word this time!) is something that all people want, possibly as an end-in-itself. A very salient point in this argument is that the Nicomachean Ethics is not strictly a philosophy book; rather it is a collection of lecture notes. At the time these passages were writ...

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... A philosopher was an individual who made original contributions, not an individual who knew and discussed the works of philosophers. A goal of many philosophers in the ancient world was to tie ethics, metaphysics, physics, the science of knowledge, logic, and politics together so that one's theory of knowledge determined one's understanding of the universe, and 2 individuals understanding of the universe ... the modern era, for the most part, philosophers tend to concentrate on one or two aspects of the subject (Hallsall). The first element of philosophy is ethics. Ethics is a system or...

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