What does it mean to live a good life?

How can we achieve that good life?

These are questions the Greek philosopher Aristotle explored over 2,000 years ago in his Nika

Maki and Ethics, and my guest today argues that these insights Aristotle and covered millennia

ago are still pertinent to us in the 21st century.

Her name is Edith Hall, she's a classist and author of the book Aristotle's Way, How

Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life.

Today on the show we discuss what Aristotle thought the good life was and how it's different

from our modern conception of happiness.

We then dig into how Aristotle believed the cultivation of virtue was a key part of living

a flourishing life, and why understanding your unique potential and purpose is also important.

Edith Incher's insights from Aristotle on how to handle misfortune become a better decision

maker, as well as the importance of relationships to human happiness.

After the show is over, check out our show notes at a-w-m dot i-s slash Aristotle.

Edith joins me now via clearcast dot i-o.

Alright, Edith Hall, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much, I'm delighted to be with you.

So you are a professor of classics at King's College in London, and you just wrote a book,

it's called Aristotle's Way, How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life.

So how did you first encounter Aristotle, and what brought you to write this book about

how Aristotle, over 2,000-year-old philosopher, can still have something to say to us here

in the 21st century?

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