Aristotle, Boethius, And Epicurus: The Three Points Of View Of Happiness

The aim for humans throughout life is to feel happiness, but humans rather focus on materials from this world to make them happy. Happiness is within them already; the problems being people looking in the wrong place for happiness. The philosophers like Aristotle, Boethius, and Epicurus had three different points of view on happiness, which helps people understand. For example, going to the claw machine; people don't only look from one view to get the prize. People often look from the sides of the machine and the front to get a better understanding of where to put the claw. We can relate the claw machine to understanding the different view of happiness, which help people achieve happiness. Today's social media, culture, and friends are loaded with pictures that are completely fake. This leads to people feeling unhappy with themselves, comparing themselves to this fake picture, that's so real to the viewers. People often overlook the happiness within their heart because they only see the flaws. A quote from Boethius, from Consolation of Philosophy, said, "Is there then no good which belongs to you and is

Aristotle asks, "what is the supreme good", Aristotle says it's happiness. "Now such a thing happiness, above all else, is held to be; for this we choose always for self and never for the sake of something else, but honour, pleasure, reason, and every virtue we choose indeed for themselves (for if nothing resulted from them we should still choose each of them), but we choose them also for the sake of happiness, judging that by means of them we shall be happy," Aristotle says its happiness because we hold it above all goals in life. Therefore, Aristotle goal in the Ethics is not to tell us what happiness is, rather explain happiness is more of behavior and habit. To achieve happiness, one must be