Aristotle’s explains the class struggles in his city through the concept of happiness. Aristotle spoke of eudaimonia, which takes on different definitions. In Aristotle’s context, eudaimonia means flourishing, flourishing in life or some other aspect dealing with an individual good. Not everyone in Aristotle’s society can be happy though. All activities that we are completing in life should lead to happiness. Happiness is the greater goal of all human beings, but the poor and working class cannot achieve that level (Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, 4-8). The working class could never achieve true happiness because for the rest of their lives they would be working just to maintain a certain level of
Aristotle’s explains the class struggles in his city through the concept of happiness. Aristotle spoke of eudaimonia, which takes on different definitions. In Aristotle’s context, eudaimonia means flourishing, flourishing in life or some other aspect dealing with an individual good. Not everyone in Aristotle’s society can be happy though. All activities that we are completing in life should lead to happiness. Happiness is the greater goal of all human beings, but the poor and working class cannot achieve that level (Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, 4-8). The working class could never achieve true happiness because for the rest of their lives they would be working just to maintain a certain level of