Philosophy, 1924-2026
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The Happy Life and the Virtuous Man in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
My thesis is centered around Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and his discussion on the happy life. I recapitulate Aristotle’s argument of the human ergon and his breakdown of virtue. In doing so, I argue that Aristotle is consistent with his definition of the happy life throughout the entirety of his work.