Volume 17, 2019
Le Plaisir: Platon, Aristote et la postérité
Louise Rodrigue
Pages 231-258
L’ideal ethique selon d’Aristote, ou la ≪belle vie≫
This study aims at providing a global explanation of the good life or happiness according to Aristotle. By applying the method used in ethics by Aristotle, the specific content of happiness is determined, of which meditation is the essence, together with the practice of moral virtues. The article rests on a relatively new perspective, neither ‘exclusive’ nor ‘inclusive’, considering the results of each type of traditional interpretation, and shedding light upon the richness of all happiness’ dimensions.