... One Section vii of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle considers the nature of the good for man and what would be the ultimate end or object of human life. He answers that it is happiness, and he then develops an argument that human good is the activity of the soul expressing virtue. The good is the object of his search in this section, and he notes that the good normally differs according to ... nature of human life and at the same time an understanding of how to live that life in the most ethical manner possible. Presuming he can achieve this, the individual who lives life in this manne...

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In the 1st Book of Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle began an argument by stating "But presumably the remark that the best good is happiness is apparently something [generally] agreed, and we still need a clearer statement of what the best good is. Perhaps, then, we shall find this if we first grasp the function of a human being" (1097b22-25). For Aristotle's Closing statement he said "And so the human good ... terms of their living. One thing that humans and Plants have in common is that for both plants and humans to live we need to obtain the same thing which is nutrition and growth, but Aristot...

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