SOCB58H3 Study Guide - The Good Life, Delayed Gratification, Epicurus

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10 Jul 2012
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The good life obsessed with secondary aspects of truth and not truth itself. Aristotle says the top three things for happiness are a) good relationships, followed by good health and then the third is good work; he says happiness is the foundation for everything. Entelechy; everything has an actuality and potentiality, the potentiality goes to actuality. Final aim is not a means to any other end but an end in itself; there"s a final we think, and an actual final! The ultimate final, once you have reached it, you don"t need anything else; once you"ve understood what something is truthfully, you"ve reached the end. Pleasure is pain and vice versa both need to exist for an objective meaning. Delayed gratification throughout lifetime, but we get pleasures from simplest things. The way we interpret things can be considered painful or pleasurable; some people argue this is what we are doing anyway, everyone"s different perspectives.

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