Definition Of Pain By Aristotle Essay

Aristotle will still firmly acknowledge and find that the good life accounts to pleasure. He also agrees pleasure can be good and bad. But there’s a strong conception everyone believes to be true and that is pain is bad, therefore pleasure has to be good to some extent. Pleasure isn’t the ultimate good. Pleasure has often given us the reason to act and is often lead from a motivation to act. But in this case were not really focused on becoming a better person or doing what’s right in leading the good life. We’re only focusing on achieving what feels good to us or find satisfying or fulfilling. So, happiness in a way is subjective, how Aristotle describes it, is what really matters in the good life is not on what the pleasure feels like, rather it has to do with an aim for the soul (mind) instead of just a physical pleasure. …show more content…
Same goes with honor, because that only depends on how others will perceive you and instead our happiness should depend a lot on how we see ourselves.

Life without pleasure is inconceivable because any lack of what governs desire would be a form of distress, and for most it’s a way of sustaining ourselves. This is considered an external good. I also think often our nature proves to show that we don’t think of our consequences and results, we prefer to live life in a momentary way until the consequences affect us. Aristotle argues a bodily pleasure, is still part of Eudaimonia but its not found to be as important. Pleasure is necessary for the irrational part of the soul. This would be considered the appetitive aspect of the soul something we’re inclined to do. Although this has no connection to virtues, it’s important for