The man who at Delos set forth in the precinct of the god his own opinion composed an inscription for the forecourt of the temple of Leto in which he distinguished goodness, beauty and pleasantness as not all being properties of the same thing. His verses are:
Justice is fairest, and Health is best,
But to win one’s desire is the pleasantest. Theog. 255f.But for our part let us not allow that he is right; for Happiness is at once the pleasantest and the fairest and best of all things whatever.
— From Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics, ed. F. Susemihl. Leipzig: Teubner. 1884.
For April, we shall continue with Aristotelian Ethics by reading Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics.
Greek text: Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Perseus Digital Library
English translations: Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Perseus Digital Library and Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Internet Archive
As always you may read any translation that you desire.
For reference:
On Wikipedia: Eudemian Ethics and Aristotelian Ethics
On Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle: Ethics
On Britannica: Eudemian Ethics
Discussion will start and continue in the Forums, and we will meet via Zoom on Tuesday, April 29th at 11 a.m. EDT.