Aristotle

Aristotle attempts to find through reason what happiness, purpose and moderation are. His approach is very common sense, although somewhat wordy, with a notion that one needs to have experience in these areas to fully realize what they mean. He uses everyday occurrences when trying to explain these issues. Happiness, purpose and moderation are what every good person should strive for according to Aristotle. This makes a person whole and their life worthwhile. Aristotle believes …showed first 75 words of 830 total…

…showed last 75 words of 830 total…or another it is bound to hinder their other duties and will result in bad decisions or choices. Greed can destroy a person as there are many examples of this. Fanatics in fitness can hinder other areas of human development. The "easy life" can destroy a persons natural inner ability to seek, learn and discover. All these things and more stress the importance of moderation. Through moderation is balance. Balance brings harmony which brings happiness.