Beautiful, not moralistic foundation of happiness by Aristotle on virtue [ἀρετή] literally understood https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=g703 … as "the fulfilment of human potentialities" by @edithmayhall
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And what is the real human potentiality according to Aristotle? Not pleasure, nor what is useful, however important they may be, but the ability to think rationally and in an uninterested way, just for the sake of knowledge as an end in itself
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Virtue signalling is hardly a modern concept!
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With the caveat that "living virtuously" (arete) and "happiness" (eudaimonia) meant something different in ancient Greek than it does in modern English. In contemporary language and culture, the causal link from living virtuously to happiness is tenuous:https://www.amazon.com/After-Virtue-Study-Moral-Theory/dp/0268035040 …
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