Last time, we left off discussing Aristotle’s conception of the good life and how it requires reason to achieve excellence. For Aristotle, there are two kinds of excellence within man. The excellence most often discussed by scholars is that of excellence of character: Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean… Continue reading What is the Good Life (part 2): Excellence of Character
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What is the Good Life (part 1)
Philosophy changed my life. My very first experience with philosophy was finding and reading a copy of [amazon_link id=”0452011876″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged[/amazon_link] on my father’s bookcase, but that quickly led to me Aristotle, who has stuck with me over the years. Before discovering Aristotle, my primary concerns were related to life’s day-to-day… Continue reading What is the Good Life (part 1)