In Aristotle’s piece entitled “Happiness and Virtue,” he discusses the different types of virtues and generally how one can achieve happiness.
According to Aristotle, human happiness is a life long process. It is continuously ongoing and the purpose has the end in itself. Happiness is an activity of the soul and in that is an ongoing actualization of the soul’s potential for virtue. Being virtuous is self- sufficient in itself and therefore leads to human happiness.
There are four parts of the soul which are discussed. The first is the vegetative which the sole activities are growth and nutrition. This is known as the natural virtue. Every human has this portion in their soul yet it is still on the same level as lower organisms which perform these basic metabolic processes. The nest and moderately more complex portion of the soul is the sensitive area which evokes animalistic sensation, desires, and appetites. This is an example of what Aristotle refers to as an ethical......
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