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Humdrum existence or a short noble life?
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September 5th, 2009
Humdrum existence or a short noble life?
Aristotle said that the good (person) does many acts for the sake of their friends, and their country, and if necessary dies for them; for he will throw away both wealth and honours and in general the goods that are objects of competition, gaining himself nobility; since he would prefer a short period of intense pleasure to a long one of mild enjoyment, a twelve month of noble life to many years of humdrum existence, and one great and noble action to many trivial ones. Now those who die for others doubles attain the result?
Would you live a long and mediocre life, or a short and intensely lively one?
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