Freedom of Life and the Pursuit of HappinessShanta BillingsleaHappiness is the main goal of life and should always be held highest according to Aristotle. He spends a lot of time explaining how to achieve this. We will see that Aristotle was sure that a truly happy life required a combination of many things. What included physical and mental health? Provide a scientific way of considering happiness in its entirety. First of all, Aristotle says that virtue is obtained by maintaining the mean, which is the balance between two excesses. For Aristotle, average was a method for achieving virtue. The main thing to do is to do your best to stay at an average value. Aristotle is one of many world-famous philosophers. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under Socrates. We have no written word from Aristotle himself, but we know for certain that there are lecture notes from his students in which we can gain insight into his teachings. The main question Aristotle asks is: “What are we doing here?” What is our purpose in life? What is the main thing we should put all our energy towards? If you look around in society, you see people pursuing things they love for pleasure, goodwill, wisdom, etc. But even though every thing mentioned as a substance is the ultimate thing to achieve, Aristotle says: ok, we enjoy the pleasure of money and material things, but why? Because they make us happy, happiness must therefore be the ultimate goal of a fulfilling and successful life. The Greek word for “happiness” is eudemonia, but for me that word gets lost in translation because American happiness is a state of mind, happiness is winning the lottery. or finding out you got that promotion at work for A…… middle of paper…… to each person's personality traits and flaws,” Aristotle says that some people are born with weaker willpower than others, this can actually be a way to escape in a fight. In conclusion, according to Aristotle, what is happiness? Happiness is the ultimate goal of existence, it is not a pleasure or a virtue, it is the practice of virtue. To get the full effect of happiness, one must not experience it before dying. This means that it is a goal and not a temporary thing, it is the perfection of human nature and since man is rational, happiness depends on the exercise of reason. You must first acquire moral character, then display these virtues and try your best to balance excess and excess. deficiency. Finally, look within yourself, think about who you are and how you live our life, remember that you can always do more or less what suits you best.