¬The student of Plato, Aristotle, carried on what Socrates and Plato started as evidenced in the famous

Aristotelian work, Nicomachean Ethics.

¬Aristotle also referred to as “the Stagirite”, he discussed in this work the necessity of finding one’s
purpose and of practicing moderation in life if one has to achieve eudaimonia or happiness.

¬A happy life for Aristotle is not merely an act of doing particular tasks or acquiring certain objects but
also of knowing what these are for.

¬An ethical person, as envisioned by Aristotle, is one who weighs his or her options and actions with
caution. This process of weighing options is an activity of thinking, which is the realm of philosophy.