Nicomachean Ethics Book 1 Analysis
The passage I decided to use for my essay is from the philosopher Aristotle in his philosophical work, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Section 5. Aristotle states in his book that “Now the mass of mankind are evidently quite slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts, but they get some ground for their view from the fact that many of those in high places share the tastes of Sardanapallus.” (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Section 5). In Aristotle’s passage he explains how human beings are way to caught up with the idea that we all feel the pressure as if we are all in a race to gain expensive material things, a social status and to obtain certain traits and looks in order to become the best human being we believe is happy. Because we are so caught up in the wrong idea we would rather live a slavish unhappy lifestyle and work ourselves as if we were labor animals so that we can gain things that are not planned for our lives just so that we can have a taste of what it might feel like to be happy, but those who think that way are looking in the wrong places for true happiness. Aristotle believed that having a mindset that we need to be on top no matter what, no
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First of all, the content of Aristotle’s belief that I agree with the most is that we cannot focus on the idea that mankind needs to work ourselves day and night in order to gain material items, wealth and social statuses. Having the wrong mindset to success will only bring in unnecessary stresses and difficulties into your life. Life isn’t supposed to be a race, we need to take our time and handle only what we have control over which in the long run will create a happy atmosphere while we are on our way to eudaimonia. I also agree with Aristotle's thoughts that mankind work way to hard, almost as slaves and beast, in order to become happy when the true way to happiness is through our
First of all, the content of Aristotle’s belief that I agree with the most is that we cannot focus on the idea that mankind needs to work ourselves day and night in order to gain material items, wealth and social statuses. Having the wrong mindset to success will only bring in unnecessary stresses and difficulties into your life. Life isn’t supposed to be a race, we need to take our time and handle only what we have control over which in the long run will create a happy atmosphere while we are on our way to eudaimonia. I also agree with Aristotle's thoughts that mankind work way to hard, almost as slaves and beast, in order to become happy when the true way to happiness is through our