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Nicomachean Ethics: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
Eudaimonia
The highest good is flourishing: living and acting well over a whole life, not momentary pleasure.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Virtue is a habit
We become just by doing just acts and brave by doing brave acts.
Character is built through practice.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
The golden mean
Virtue lies between extremes: courage between cowardice and recklessness.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Practical wisdom
Knowing the right thing to do in a specific situation is a skill learned through experience.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Friendship
The best friendships are based on shared virtue, not utility or pleasure.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Contemplation
The life of thought is the highest human activity.
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