What is the Good Life (part 2): Excellence of Character

Last time, we left off discussing Aristotle’s conception of the good life and how it requires reason to achieve excellence. For Aristotle, there are two kinds of excellence within man. The excellence most often discussed by scholars is that of excellence of character: Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean… Continue reading What is the Good Life (part 2): Excellence of Character

What is the Good Life (part 1)

Philosophy changed my life. My very first experience with philosophy was finding and reading a copy of  on my father’s bookcase, but that quickly led to me Aristotle, who has stuck with me over the years. Before discovering Aristotle, my primary concerns were related to life’s day-to-day pleasures. I asked myself how I could be… Continue reading What is the Good Life (part 1)