A Good Life How-To Guide: Aristotle's Ten Happiness Lessons (Leisure, Choice, Death...) Introduction 1 Happiness 2 Potential 3 Choice 4 Communication 5 Knowing Yourself 6 Intentions 7 Fraternity 8 Community 9 Leisure 10 Death

A Good Life How-To Guide: Ten Happiness Lessons from Aristotle

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"The state of happiness of the mind comes from habitually doing the right thing"

The introduction introduces Aristotle's life and the emergence of his ideas around happiness, as well as Aristotle's prejudice against the wisdom of slaves and women.

"All ideas must be ready to be corrected", and perhaps people at that time could not convince Aristotle's prejudice, and this prejudice could not be corrected.

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"It's unlikely that an unplanned life will be completely happy."

How to be happy, try to think about how to live well. How to achieve happiness and do good. Happiness is not personal, but interconnected with other people.

Happiness in the Aristotle sense means choosing what you want to do and the reasons for choosing to do so, and achieving it as planned.

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All objects in the universe have a purpose for their existence, even those that are inanimate.

There are four basic reasons for everything

1 material due to 2 dynamics due to 3 forms due to 4 purpose causes

For example, a person's material cause is blood, muscle motility is to give birth to your parents, the form should be DNa, the purpose is due to the reason for existence and purpose.

The most important thing is to develop what the individual is potentially good at. Find out what you like and have a talent for, and stick to it.

Potential in the Aristotle sense ensures that everyone else on the planet is educated and supported and enables them to realize their potential so that we can fully realize ourselves.

"Legislators should make the education of young people their primary concern, and education should be equal to all and public rather than private. Arrangements must therefore be made publicly and not left to the discretion of individual parents. ”

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There are always random factors that you can't control, and you can never be sure you're making the right choices. But you can make sure you're well prepared to maximize your chances of success and happiness.

A well-planned person must abide by the "Ten Rules"

The first rule is not to plan hastily, and for serious planning, speed itself is not important.

The second rule is to corroborate all information, and wrong knowledge cannot lead to the right choice.

The third rule is closely related, which is to consult and listen to the advice of professionals. The person providing the advice must not be a stakeholder, nor be someone who cares nothing about the matter, and be in a position where there will be no gain or loss because of your choice.

The fourth rule is to consult with the opinions of all the people who will be affected by your choices, or at least to look at the situation from their perspective.

The fifth rule is to examine the precedents you know, whether they are your own experience or just the ones that have happened.

The sixth rule is to assess the likelihood of different consequences and be prepared for all the consequences you think are possible.

The seventh rule is that you should take into account the reckless factor of luck and take into account all the random possibilities you can imagine.

The eighth rule is not to plan after drinking

The ninth rule is that slaves cannot be planned

The tenth rule that women cannot coexist with planning, and the ninth and tenth are not suitable for today's era, indicating that any knowledge must keep pace with the times!

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Mainly by introducing a job search process, we will talk about the importance of communication.

Aristotle believed that abandoning the study of rhetoric was tantamount to abandoning both eloquent and inflammatory tricks.

If you're going to write a cover letter, be sure to read it aloud before sending it.

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Analyzing human qualities and virtues, there are three dark views: jealousy, anger, and revenge.

"Living well is the best revenge." For quality, it is recommended that people should take the "middle way", nor may it be extreme or idealized.

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What makes us regret is not what we have done, but what we have not done.

There are too many reputable people who can protect themselves and never speak up for the poor, the oppressed, or the living environment. Thinking critically about inaction and evil on an equal footing helps us to evaluate more fully those who want our praise and support.

A person who strives to live well never needs to lie. Telling the truth is rational egoism. If you're used to telling the truth, you're more likely to tell the truth when you or someone else is facing an emergency. If you are known for telling the truth, then in the future you will be rewarded because others will believe your words when necessary.

It is not easy to choose too many choices in life, but in the face of peace and equality, adding justice to our goals will benefit us a lot when we strive to find a way to go in the dense forest of daily life ethics.

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Begging for utilitarian and recreational fraternity, Aristotle suggested giving a chance to fraternity " because as long as they can be corrected, we will certainly help them morally, more than we should give them in money, because quality is more precious than wealth, and it has a greater effect on fraternity." ”

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Aristotle wrote about Four Forms of Government: democracy, tyranny, aristocracy, and monarchy

"Nature has gradually developed from inanimate things to animal life, and its precise demarcation cannot be determined."

Don't feel guilty because you have enough time to think about how to be the best version of yourself, the most ethically perfect people are the most likely to help the vulnerable and the ones whose interests are compromised. Be grateful because you're already in a lucky position and start pursuing a happy career.

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We discover our true selves and the greatest happiness in our leisure time.

Aristotle's ideal community, based on good reciprocal behavior and civic harmony, shows that leisure activities, including volunteering, participating in politics, or socializing locally, are inherently beneficial.

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You do not necessarily become like your father, and there is a beautiful certainty when you exist; your father must have existed before you. "Your parents were there. As a constant, multicretious part of human beings, he was there, he had lived, he had been involved in all this, he had lived that way, and nothing could deprive him of that.