What is the human telos according to Aristotle?
Chapter 1

The quest for eudaimonia

Chapter 2

The art of the golden mean

Chapter 3

Building character through habit

Chapter 4

The global legacy of virtue

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Master of Aristotle and the good life

Ch 1 · The quest for eudaimonia
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artiteacher Finding your unique purpose

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artiteacher Eudaimonia

Flourish every day, flourish every day, it's a lifetime of virtue.

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artiteacher The meaning of eudaimonia

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Finding your unique purpose

artiteacher Everything in nature has a specific function, and human flourishing comes from fulfilling ours.

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Pleasure versus true flourishing

artiteacher Aristotle distinguished temporary pleasures from the deep fulfillment of living a virtuous life.

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Little Aristotle's Flourish Pocket
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artiteacher Drag daily choices onto the scale to discover Aristotle's ancient guide to a good life.

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Fun Fact

Aristotle's lost dialogues: Aristotle wrote popular dialogues that were praised for their beautiful style, but only his dense lecture notes survived.

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Glossary
eudaimonia (noun)
The state of human flourishing, well-being, or living a highly fulfilled life. Aristotle argued in his Nicomachean Ethics that this state is achieved through active lifelong virtue.

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What is the most important ingredient for a happy life?

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What did Aristotle call the fleeting, sensory pleasure that differs from deep, long-term flourishing?

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artiteacher Pleasure versus true flourishing

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To whom did Aristotle dedicate his famous book on ethics, the Nicomachean Ethics?

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What did Aristotle believe was necessary to judge if a person had truly achieved a flourishing life?

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How did Aristotle's view on happiness differ from the later school of philosophy known as Stoicism?

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According to Aristotle's concept of 'telos,' what is the ultimate purpose or function of human beings?

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In what century did Aristotle live and write his philosophical works?

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Which philosopher was Aristotle's primary teacher at the Academy in Athens?

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What ancient Greek term did Aristotle use to describe the ultimate state of human flourishing and well-being?

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