Sunday, November 06, 2022
The Purpose Driven Life
Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1.2.1 (1214 b 6-14; tr. C.D.C. Reeve):
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Fixing one’s thought on these considerations, then, anyone capable of living in accord with his own deliberate choice should posit some target for living nobly, whether honor, reputation, wealth, or education, looking toward which he will do all his actions (on the supposition that not ordering life in relation to some end is a sign of great foolishness).
περὶ δὴ τούτων ἐπιστήσαντας ἅπαντα τὸν δυνάμενον ζῆν κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ προαίρεσιν θέσθαι τινὰ σκοπὸν τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν, ἤτοι τιμὴν ἢ δόξαν ἢ πλοῦτον ἢ παιδείαν, πρὸς ὃν ἀποβλέπων ποιήσεται πάσας τὰς πράξεις (ὡς τό γε μὴ συντετάχθαι τὸν βίον πρός τι τέλος ἀφροσύνης πολλῆς σημεῖον ἐστίν).
