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PNTV: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
FromHeroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day.
PNTV: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
FromHeroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day.
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "The Nicomachean Ethics" by Aristotle. Hope you enjoy! Aristotle's writings have been extraordinarily influential since ancient times. This treatise is named after his son and is a collection of his lecture notes--imagining attending his Lyceum and listening to him teach 2,300 years ago! Of course, it's packed with culture-changing Big Ideas. Some of my favorites we cover include the ultimate end: eudaimonic happiness (vs. "happiness" as most of us think about it!), how to achieve that eudaimonia (hint: "virtuous activity of the soul" aka areté), how to win the Olympic Games (hint: you can't just show up; you need to ACT!), the doctrine of the mean (and the vice of deficiency + excess) and the virtue of magnanimity: meet YOUR great soul.
Released:
Nov 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
APN08 - Bling Treadmill: This is a mini-chapter from Brian's book "A Philosopher's Notes." Get a free copy of the full audiobook (+ ebook) here: brianjohnson.me/apn by Heroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day.