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The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus declared that what makes life worth living is experiencing pleasure.
Today, this hedonistic conception of the good life is dominant in Western culture and is often taken to mean enjoying recreational pleasures such as good food, good w...
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According to Aristotle, happiness is something we value not as a means to some other end but for its own sake. It has intrinsic value rather than instrumental value.
The good life is one in which a person cultivates and exercises their rational faculties by engaging in scientific inquiry, p...
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What is "the good life"? This is one of the oldest philosophical questions. It has been posed in different ways.
How should one live? What does it mean to "live well"?
These are really just the same question.
But the question isn’t as simple as it sounds. Philosophers specializ...
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Aristotle has a holistic approach to the good life. If a person feels happy, satisfied, and content, and is in a positive state of mind, his life can be said to be a good life.
He agrees with Socrates about being morally good to live well. Certain objective conditions like virtue, good he...
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