Aristotle, Nicomacheean Ethics Books I and II

Question 1

why happiness is an action, not a state of mind

Answer 1

there is ultimately a higher good for whatever you are trying to achieve

Question 2

3 types of life

Answer 2

pleasure, life in society, contemplation

Question 3

pleasure

Answer 3

chosen by those who have a ‘slavish’ nature or nature like brute animals

Question 4

life in society

Answer 4

lived in the public stage, chosen by refined and active people, they seek honor, honor itself is too superficial to be the highest good, because, the Chief Good cannot easily be taken away, yet, honor comes from those who bestow it. Virtue is more important than honor, because we seek honor to believe ourselves good but we only seek it from those known to be virtuous
- virtue (arete) –> excellence