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The Daily Stoic
The author discusses her attempt to put Aristotle's program for achieving happiness into practice over 40 years, expressing frustration over the general public's limited access to Aristotelian ethics. She highlights the practicality and applicability of his ethics to 21st-century anxieties.
I wrote this book called Aristotle's Way because I have been trying to put into practice Aristotle's program for trying to find what he calls happiness, which is a very particular kind of happiness.
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The author discusses her attempt to put Aristotle's program for achieving happiness into practice over 40 years, expressing frustration over the general public's limited access to Aristotelian ethics. She highlights the practicality and applicability of his ethics to 21st-century anxieties.
I wrote this book called Aristotle's Way because I have been trying to put into practice Aristotle's program for trying to find what he calls happiness, which is a very particular kind of happiness.
I've been trying to do that for about 40 years and have been very frustrated as a classical scholar with how little general public seem to have access to Aristotle's ethics.
I think they've been gate kept by the academy and I think that they are remarkably applicable to 21st century anxieties and remarkably practicable.