In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle raised a question «How a human can achieve the real happiness?», which was the key issue in this work. First of all, we should to understand why he started to solve this problem. For 2300 years people suppose, that the real happiness includes the tangible wealth, honor and satisfaction of pleasure. But Aristotle argues, that the wealth makes us try accomplishing more and more goals, the honor doesn 't show real personality traits and excessive satisfaction needs influence badly people. Therefore, Aristotle developed the theory of happiness, which is studied nowadays.
I’ll begin by explaining the hierarchy of the nature.The first one is minerals, including metals, stones and other materials. They do
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And we say that serious things are better than laughable things and those connected with amusement, and that the activity of the better of any two things-whether it be two elements of our being or two men-is the more serious; but the activity of the better is ipso facto superior and more of the nature of happiness.» - In this quotation Aristotle commented, that happy life consists of the virtue. Of course, the virtuous life is really serious than amused one, but the virtue comes upper than other any activities and even more the nature of