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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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Aristotle, a well-known philosopher, believes that nature is what makes us who we are as a person and that environment doesn’t affect ones self-decision. Meaning also that own virtues are not taught. We are born with virtues and that should lead with us being purposeful in our actions to achieve a greater good. In his text of Nicomachean Ethics, he talks about what he thinks about human nature. One thing is for sure that the text was difficult to understand until broken down. In his first passage he states, “Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.” From there you know that every inquiry, emotions
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