Merry Thanks-for-Giving Week! JustHeath has often been described as “mysterious,” “private,” “esoteric,” etc. This criticism is fair. However, I’m going to divulge some things today, so pay attention! (Revelation #1: JustHeath very much dislikes unnecessarily repeating himself.) Firstly, I admit that I am somewhat resistant to anything resembling a fad (Revelation #2), so that… Continue reading Thanks-for-Giving: The Gifted
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What is the Good Life (part 3): 3 Reasons Practical Wisdom Matters
Previously we’ve discussed that for Aristotle, living the good life means achieving a state of eudaimonia, or internal excellence, which is both hard to achieve and hard to lose once achieved. The good life consists of two types of excellence: character excellence, and intellectual excellence. What exactly is intellectual excellence, then? It’s phronesis, or rather, practical wisdom.… Continue reading What is the Good Life (part 3): 3 Reasons Practical Wisdom Matters
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)