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Questions to Consider: Aristotle and the Good Life
It truly amazes me that everywhere you turn you see images of celebrities glorifying hedonism (i.e., the view that bodily pleasure is the highest good in life), and yet we all seem to realize on a gut level that cheap gratifications and vulgar amusements does not conduce to deep and lasting satisfaction in life. Why do you think so many people fail to realize this and continue to chase after false goods? Furthermore, do any of you think it is at all conceivable that there are some individuals in the world who are capable of deriving deep and lasting satisfaction from fame, wealth, and pleasure? Or is it fundamentally impossible, as Aristotle wants to argue, that a human being (which is a composite of soul and body, each with its own needs) can enjoy true happiness entirely through the pursuit of bodily gratification?