Aristotle

Aristote was a Greek philosopher and was also known as the first genuine scientist in history. He created the concepts of Physics, Biology, Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, and many more. 

His views of Happiness

Aristotle believed happiness was an objective condition of living well, or a sense of Eudaimonia (which generally translates into 'living well'

He believes it true that we can say that someone is not living well, like a doctor can say that someone isn't healthy. 

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Eudaimonia as the Highest Good

There are four different lives you can live according to Aristotle, those being:

1. Life of Hedonism, or Pleasures
2. Life of Politics, or Recognition
3. Life of Study, or Contemplation
4. Life of Money, or Instrumental goods

 Aristotle has a firm stance when it comes to happiness. He believes it to be so that pleasure and happiness are not the same, since just because someone experiences pleasure, doesn't mean they are happy. 

He also believes that not all things humans do seek the same good, therefore he wants to discover what moves us as animals, or why we do what we do. Well, the reason we do them is because there is some end goal that is good, and if what you're doing doesn't feel good, then it isn't good.

What is the highest Goal of Happiness?

Having money and health doesn't itself lead to happiness. Take the Kardashian family for an example. They all have lower forms of happiness but they do not use them to get to the highest form of happiness. 

Aristotles Function Argument

Something's 'good' can be determined by it's function.

To put that into simpler terms, a cups 'function' is to hold water, and the knob on your door has a 'function' to open and close.