Aristotle on Happiness and Virtue

Aristotle's work remained viable and it had a great impact on future moral philosophers. St. Thomas Aquinas and most other Christian philosophers are greatly influenced by Aristotle's work. Indeed, people who follow the current "virtue ethics" movement are inspired by Aristotle himself. The dictionary of Arête & Eudaimonia's Greek word "Eudaimonia" means happiness. More precisely, it means "good life" and "excellence". Aristotle believes that achieving happiness is the ultimate goal and maximum goal of human life (Carreras, 2011).

In the book "Nicmarkan Ethics" Aristotle will use his distribution to build the best way to live and be happy. Aristotle said: "So, virtue is a country that decides on average for our average, that is the average between the two vices, one is surplus, Aristotle is Nicomacare in morality Talked about human virtue, courage, calmness, generosity, grandeur, magnificence, and calmness - through the third book from the beginning of Nicomachean ethics Aristotle distinguishes between pain and happiness, Aristotle believes in the pursuit of human happiness; traditionally being rebutted in the modern secular environment Aristotle will soon be able to fight against all extremes All human activities should be beneficial, as the actions of the people insisted that they are for good.

We usually think that happiness is excitement and satisfy or feel the smile's impulse, but the ancient philosopher regards happiness as virtue. According to Aristotle, happiness is the purpose of achieving ourselves. For humans, this means participating in rational activities, thinking, living with honesty, justice, courage and confidence. This is quite different from the concept of modern happiness. We tend to regard happiness as an emotional state that can control the achievement's climax and feel the pressure and pain of the world. It is exciting and happy, but it is fleeting. On the other hand, Eudaimonia is an eternal existence state.