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>the key to happiness is excellence
>except if you're ugly and have no gf, then your life is shit

>the right way to act is by following the middle way between the extremes
> except that sometimes this middle way is closer to an extreme than to the other one so you must figure out yourself what the right way is lol

>trust me guys, the earth is in the middle of the Universe
>no such thing as atoms, I know for sure
>some people should totally be slaves

This is the thinker that has influenced Western culture the most, everyone.

>> No.9228762

>>9228754
>>the key to happiness is excellence
>>except if you're ugly and have no gf, then your life is shit
Was he wrong?

>> No.9228772

>>9228762
he wasn't. but tfnogf's can't cope with that and try to turn it into a ((look at this bullshit)) greentext

>> No.9228795

>>9228772
The point was that he contradicted himself.

Also, a philosopher should convince you that philosophy is the way to go, why else would you read him? Just look at Plato or Nietzsche.

>> No.9228808

>>9228795
Getting a wife/gf is part of excellence though.

>> No.9228854

>>9228754
>>the key to happiness is excellence
not. Key to happiness is "theoretical contemplation".

>> No.9229082

>>9228754
>the key to happiness is excellence
the key to happiness is not giving a shit desu

>> No.9229090

>>9229082
This anon convinced me

>> No.9229128

>>9228808
>>9228854
>>9229082
>>9229090
Stop shitposting on my Aristotle shitposting thread you losers

>> No.9229146

What Aristotle says about virtue is pretty interesting, but the idea it would make you happy doesn't seem justified.

>> No.9229410

>>9228754
>getting fucked in the ass by other dudes is totally not gay, we kill gay people lol

>> No.9229569

>>9228754
next time try reading it by keeping the "contradictions" in mind and then see that he is consciously trying to suggest the reader something, in a sense, between those two ideas as his "true" doctrine. it is the job of the reader, however, to infer these doctrines

aristotle, if we take the words of those who read his extant dialogues, is a clever writer. these are clearly more than just "lecture notes" and what is explicit said isn't always what is meant

>> No.9229577

>>9229569
Straussian detected. Go jerk off to "muh Great Books".

>> No.9229672

>>9229146
Tbh Plato had already given good enough arguments for that in the Republic.

>> No.9229683

>>9228754
physical beauty and social prowess are forms of arete

>> No.9230014

>>9229577
i currently am doing so, my friend ;)

>> No.9230962

>>9229569
reading for the first time and this is enlightening. I was frustrated because plato was very clear, but aristotle has just been "lol, this thing is just like this other thing." "but these things, as we know, are not alike". contradictions left and fucking right.