Tag: flourishing
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Human flourishing and Schopenhauer’s pessimism
Literary critics state that Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote his novel “The Stranger” under the influence of Schopenhauer (1788-1860), but they are completely wrong. Camus created […]
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Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success compared to Kant’s
The largest successes and failures always start with a simple principle. I am referring to Aristotle’s principle of causality. If you understand it and adhere […]
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Key ideas in Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success
Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success, as presented in the “Nicomachean Ethics” and the “Eudemian Ethics,” can be summarized in three principles; those three […]
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Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success
Aristotle (384-322 BC) addressed human flourishing in his work, “Nicomachean Ethics.” The key idea of “Nicomachean Ethics” is that the goal of human life should […]
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