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Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics

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In “Nichomachean Ethics”, Aristotle Investigates the activities that are worthy of being pursued, because they inadvertently bring happiness to our lives, which is the ultimate good that we seek. Aristotle narrowed the pursuits of men down to two distinct classes, the Art and the inquiry. These two terms are more relatable if we consider Art to be those activities that naturally propel or push us to do something, as well as a field of study such as medicine. The inquiry, on the other hand, is more of a tool that we use to answer questions that we might have. For instance, science, in general, is an investigative tool that we used to strengthen our beliefs by providing irrefutable evidence. By using these two systems of classification, Aristotle
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