Four Views of the Good Life

Brief summaries only, but not bad introductions. Here is Aristotle's, which is of course the best one:



The others are Plato, Kant, and Nietzsche, the most recent being the least decent.

3 comments:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

You might enjoy the Hasidic version

http://assistantvillageidiot.blogspot.com/2008/12/understanding-jewish-thought.html

Grim said...

Very interesting piece, AVI. I wonder if you'd like to give some examples of your readings of the New Testament that illuminate how you think Jesus is positioning himself in a discussion of that kind? I would be interested to hear them.

MikeD said...

I laughed at today's Existential Comics which mirrors this topic:
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/113

Enjoy!