The Reason We Do Anything | Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Book 1

Aristotle begins the Nicomachean Ethics by discussing means and ends, something everyone is familiar with. After realizing that our ends are usually sought after in pursuit of another end, Aristotle finds happiness to be the exception. Happiness is an end that we do not seek for the sake of something else but rather for itself ultimately. Aristotle then explores what happiness is, discussing virtuous activity and external goods.
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  • @theheckplays2252
    @theheckplays22523 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation of the foundations of Aristotle's ethics! Aristotle is very based as far as I'm concerned. I sometimes wonder if he was the guy who got this whole ethics thing right in the first place. I really enjoy reading the new testament, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Aurelius, and others, but at times I think maybe I should just reread the Nicomachean ethics.

  • @josebresciani9264
    @josebresciani92643 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this videos! Your channel is awesome and inspires me to read more about philosophy, which does a lot of good to me

  • @PhilosophyToons

    @PhilosophyToons

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man, glad you enjoyed!

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    @gazrater18202 жыл бұрын

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  • @Eternalised
    @Eternalised3 жыл бұрын

    Excited for this series!

  • @PhilosophyToons

    @PhilosophyToons

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to hear your thoughts on Aristotle's starting point here.

  • @justapplepi3
    @justapplepi39 ай бұрын

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  • @Samuel-bo9lc
    @Samuel-bo9lc Жыл бұрын

    Love this

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    @opium8843 жыл бұрын

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  • @TheKing-qz9wd
    @TheKing-qz9wd2 жыл бұрын

    End goal of end goals? Manifest beauty for no other reason than to manifest beauty. I got nothing deeper. Draw to manifest greater beauty. Play music and sing to manifest greater beauty. Become immortal to keep manifesting greater beauty. That's all I got for myself.

  • @mariog1490
    @mariog14902 жыл бұрын

    It’s a lot like the argument from degree, the the way.

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    @brianeasterwood47943 жыл бұрын

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  • @PhilosophyToons

    @PhilosophyToons

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brian!

  • @Sehra.himanshu
    @Sehra.himanshu3 жыл бұрын

    😎

  • @opium884
    @opium8843 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @Firmus777
    @Firmus7776 ай бұрын

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