The good life and its components
Is there room for what cannot be controlled? Relating eudaimonia and tykhe
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Ethics, Greek-philosophy, EudaimoniaAbstract
Eudaimonia is described by Aristotle as a well-living (eu zen) constituted by the virtuous activities of our potentialities as animals that have reason and that follow reason. We are, therefore, animals and rational, and a life of this kind needs to take into account these two aspects of our nature. When defending an Aristotelian conception of the good life that takes into account both rationality as a characteristic trait of human beings and also their undeniable animal nature, we need to think about the relationship between this good life and tykhe. Is it possible to satisfactorily accommodate fortune in a life that is said to be self-sufficient and educated by reason, but is influenced by the world and nature? In this text, I intend to expose how Aristotle sought to solve this apparent problem by trying to make living compatible with world events that do not depend on us for their realization.
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