“Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct.”
Quote by Aristotle
Work
Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics
Written by Aristotle, this work delves into the philosophical inquiry of ethics, focusing on the concept of virtue and its role in human flourishing. It is a comprehensive examination of moral principles and the pursuit of eudaimonia, or human excellence. more
Author
You May Also Like
Source: The Plague
Source: The plague: translated from the French
“If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
Source: In Praise of Mortality: Selections from Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus
Source: Collected fiction
Source: The Plague
“It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.”
Source: Conversations with Capote
“I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.”
“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”