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A review by tombodenberg1702
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life by Edith Hall
4.0
When I entered college, the second night of Orientation Week ("O-Week") was devoted to something called "The Aims of Education Address". So, about 450 of us were herded into an auditorium where we heard a professor drone on until we heard him answer the question with: "Happiness!" Well, he was channeling Aristotle.
While the title of this book may appear to be a bit New Agey, the author does a good job in fitting chiefly Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric into the mold of "How do we lead a good and meaningful life?" Were I to boil it down into a takeaway, it'd be: Set goals. Continuously. Learn from your failures. Build upon your successes. Improve. That is the road to happiness.
While the title of this book may appear to be a bit New Agey, the author does a good job in fitting chiefly Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric into the mold of "How do we lead a good and meaningful life?" Were I to boil it down into a takeaway, it'd be: Set goals. Continuously. Learn from your failures. Build upon your successes. Improve. That is the road to happiness.