Happiness has been a significant concern
among the folks throughout the ages.
Everyone has their own
meaning of happiness but
oftentimes, those ideas
don’t lead us to happiness.
In unfortunate circumstances, those
thoughts lead us to the unhappiness.
According to the research,
there exist more than 450
terms for happiness that
have no direct translation.
Among them, one of
the important terms is
eudaimonia, which mean
pure spirit or good spirit.
Aristotle considers this word so
essential that he wrote his own seminal
work Nicomachean ethics to address the
issue of how humans could achieve it.
2600 years later, his work remains
the most influential theory.
What is happiness according
to Aristotle Nicomachean?
According to Aristotle, happiness
is not only a subjective emotion.
According to him,
happiness is an objective
state, closer to the
postulation of flourishing.
He argues that, if we want
to be happy, then we have to
live our lives according to
the function of human nature.
He states that the key to real
happiness is to perceive through
the proper exercise of
practical and conceptual reason.
Some of the Aristotle
guidelines are given below that
we all must pursue in
order to achieve happiness:
We must have intelligence
and scientific knowledge.
Friendship and generosity are the two
most essential things in human nature.
We all should reflect our eternal truths.
We all should have lots of
courage, and we must maintain
it all the time, no matter
what the situation is.
The value of material goods
According to Aristotle, in
order to be happy one must
meet two mandatory conditions
that are given below.
You have to be completely virtuous.
You have to be equipped
with external goods.
The importance of controlling our vices
“Pleasure is understood through
the functioning if animals”,
this is the definition of
happiness according to Aristotle.
The good life that we all want
is not characterized by sex and
money; these things are the secondary
theme is Nicomachean ethics.
Aristotle says that such pleasures
lead us to the bad act and lack of
self-control, so to be happy we
have to learn to control our vices,
no matter how much discomfort or
pain we are getting during this
procedure because it is the only
way to achieve long term happiness.
Aristotle teaching on
21st-century happiness
Try to take satisfaction in good deeds
A good person is
defined by his good
characters, such as
kindness, generosity, etc.
Aristotle told that to use these
traits in making good decisions.
Sacrificing your own comfort for the good
of others will give you real pleasure.
Spend more time in thinking and learning
Contemplation is the highest
virtue which souls can aspire.
Aristotle considers that
philosophical thinking
is the activity that we
all should do because
this will result in
proper happiness because
after that we can experience
complete happiness.
Take inspiration from good people
Noble human beings demonstrate the
virtue of character and intelligence, so
whenever you are facing any problem, we
should go to them for the right guidance.
