Nikhil Krishnan reviews “How to Flourish,” an abridged edition of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, edited and translated by Susan Sauvé Meyer.

"We're what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" may have been attributed to Aristotle to lend it more gravitas.

More important than spouses, kids, or money. In his philosophical text Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle maintained that true friendship is essential for eudaimonia, a Greek word that is typically ...

The concept of a golden mean between excess and lack appeared early in Greek writing before being picked up by Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics. And Aristotle's notion of finding virtuous middle ...

In his Nicomachean Ethics, the Greek philosopher Aristotle (d. 322 BC) tries to discover what is ‘the supreme good for man’, that is, what is the best way to lead our life and to give it meaning.

Aristotle proposed the concept of eudaimonia (pronounced as u-day-monia) in the 4th century B.C. in his Nicomachean Ethics. The term eudaimonia is etymologically based in the Greek words eu (good ...

As Aristotle wrote in his Nicomachean Ethics, “If it is better to be happy as a result of one’s own exertions than by the gift of fortune, it is reasonable to suppose that this is how ...

I watched the lecture presentation, “Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle” (The Great Courses) by Professor Robert C Bartlett. When Professor Bartlett was discussing Aristotle, I r ...

For years, the alleged words of ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle purporting to define excellence as a practice have circulated on the internet. "We're what we repeatedly do," the supposed quote ...