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Quote of Aristotle - The more a class of beings...


Biography - Aristotle:

Greek philosopher.
Born: -384 - Died: -322
Period:
4th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

The more a class of beings possesses the faculty of contemplation, the more it enjoys happiness, not as an accidental concomitant of contemplation but as inherent in it, since contemplation is valuable in itself. It follows that happiness is some form of contemplation.


Note 

Note



"Happiness therefore is co-extensive in its range with contemplation: the more a class of beings possesses the faculty of contemplation, the more it enjoys happiness, not as an accidental concomitant of contemplation but as inherent in it, since contemplation is valuable in itself. It follows that happiness is some form of contemplation."


Source: Nicomachean Ethics



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Plus notre faculté de contempler se développe, plus se développent nos possibilité de bonheur et cela, non par accident, mais en vertu même de la nature de la contemplation. Celle-ci est précieuse par elle-même, si bien que le bonheur, pourrait-on dire, est une espèce de contemplation.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


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Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes

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Nature does nothing in vain.





Man is by nature a political animal.












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