Morley 1
Cooper Morley
English 2
Dr. Anita Johnson
Comp. Examination Essay
Feb. 20, 2018.
What Is The ‘Good Life’
One question that seems to be a big part in this is what is happiness? How can we be happy and make others happy? Happiness can be form of engaging in all the complex activities in life. For the same reason Aristotle writes “happiness is attained by learning…or some other kind of training.” (Aristotle 699) To add on to the pursuit of the ‘good life’ Aristotle mentions “To live well and to do well are the same thing as to be happy.” (Aristotle 692) Although, does being happy allow you to live a better life? In many ways Aristotle believed that happiness can help people with living the ‘good life’. We must examine the ethics of …show more content…
Relating to this Plato talks about “to turn from darkness to light without the whole body, so too the instrument of knowledge can only by the movement of the whole soul be turned from the world of becoming into that of being, and learn by degrees to endure the sight of being, and of the brightest and best being, or in other words of the good.” (Plato 586) Plato believes under no conditions can knowledge be wrong or go wrong. He held the belief that the people’s ability to reason with one another or with beliefs is the condition that allows humans to approach methods with different views. Plato believed that humans live in a ‘world of visible and intelligible things.’ Plato explains that the visible world is what we are able to see, hear, feel and experience. This is a world of change and many uncertainties which means we must seek for it only in the world of your mind to obtain and find any certain knowledge. You can say that Plato’s rationalism conceals his dictatorship. He was a dictator, in his beliefs. He believed that there is one and only one good life for all to lead. Moreover, Plato said “you must not wonder that those who attain to this beatific vision are unwilling to descend.” His beliefs are absolute and exists only independently. This made him believe that if people knew what the good life is, they would not act immoral. “the soul of a man has to come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark.” (Plato
Cooper Morley
English 2
Dr. Anita Johnson
Comp. Examination Essay
Feb. 20, 2018.
What Is The ‘Good Life’
One question that seems to be a big part in this is what is happiness? How can we be happy and make others happy? Happiness can be form of engaging in all the complex activities in life. For the same reason Aristotle writes “happiness is attained by learning…or some other kind of training.” (Aristotle 699) To add on to the pursuit of the ‘good life’ Aristotle mentions “To live well and to do well are the same thing as to be happy.” (Aristotle 692) Although, does being happy allow you to live a better life? In many ways Aristotle believed that happiness can help people with living the ‘good life’. We must examine the ethics of …show more content…
Relating to this Plato talks about “to turn from darkness to light without the whole body, so too the instrument of knowledge can only by the movement of the whole soul be turned from the world of becoming into that of being, and learn by degrees to endure the sight of being, and of the brightest and best being, or in other words of the good.” (Plato 586) Plato believes under no conditions can knowledge be wrong or go wrong. He held the belief that the people’s ability to reason with one another or with beliefs is the condition that allows humans to approach methods with different views. Plato believed that humans live in a ‘world of visible and intelligible things.’ Plato explains that the visible world is what we are able to see, hear, feel and experience. This is a world of change and many uncertainties which means we must seek for it only in the world of your mind to obtain and find any certain knowledge. You can say that Plato’s rationalism conceals his dictatorship. He was a dictator, in his beliefs. He believed that there is one and only one good life for all to lead. Moreover, Plato said “you must not wonder that those who attain to this beatific vision are unwilling to descend.” His beliefs are absolute and exists only independently. This made him believe that if people knew what the good life is, they would not act immoral. “the soul of a man has to come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark.” (Plato