+1: #465 Virtuous Activity of the Soul




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Summary: In our last +1, we talked about Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and the fact that his word for “happiness” was VERY different than our word. Eudaimonia, as we discussed, literally means “good soul” and implies a powerful sense of actualizing our potential—succeeding in expressing the best within ourselves. Today we’re going to focus on HOW Aristotle teaches us to create THAT type of “happiness.”