What is the Good Life?

 As you just learned, in the Humanities we ask questions about living a human life. There might be no bigger question than this: "What is a good life?" Our entire class is really about this question. 

Is a good life about being healthy? Does it have to do with wealth or status? What is it we really want out of life? 

Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, famously explored this question in a work entitled Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle's answer (translated from Ancient Greek to English) is that the good life is about the following:

"Activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue."

Hmm...what does that mean? To get us started thinking about the good life and what Aristotle might have meant, I'd like you to do the assignment below.

Assignment: 5-Year Goals

What do you want your life to look like in five years? Take a moment and write down at least one specific, realistic, yet optimistic goal for each of the following dimensions of your life:

Financial/Career/Education

Romantic/Social Life

Family

Physical/Psychological Well-Being

Contribution to Your Local or Global Community.

For full credit, you must respond with at least one sentence ("In five years, I'd like .......") to each of the five dimensions listed above. That comes out to a 5-sentence-minimum total response. :-)

What is the Good Life?

As you just learned, in the Humanities we ask questions about living a human life. There might be no bigger question than this: "What is a good life?" Our entire class is really about this question. 

Is a good life about being healthy? Does it have to do with wealth or status? What is it we really want out of life? 

Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, famously explored this question in a work entitled Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle's answer (translated from Ancient Greek to English) is that the good life is about the following:

"Activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue."

Hmm...what does that mean? To get us started thinking about the good life and what Aristotle might have meant, I'd like you to do the assignment below.

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Assignment: 5-Year Goals

What do you want your life to look like in five years? Take a moment and write down at least one specific, realistic, yet optimistic goal for each of the following dimensions of your life:

1. Financial/Career/Education
2. Romantic/Social Life
3. Family
4. Physical/Psychological Well-Being
5. Contribution to Your Local or Global Community.

For full credit, you must respond with at least one sentence ("In five years, I'd like .......") to each of the five dimensions listed above. That comes out to a 5-sentence-minimum total response. :-)

As you just learned, in the Humanities we ask questions about living a human life. There might be no bigger question than this: "What is a good life?" Our entire class is really about this question. 

Is a good life about being healthy? Does it have to do with wealth or status? What is it we really want out of life? 

Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, famously explored this question in a work entitled Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle's answer (translated from Ancient Greek to English) is that the good life is about the following:

"Activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue."

Hmm...what does that mean? To get us started thinking about the good life and what Aristotle might have meant, I'd like you to do the assignment below.

Assignment: 5-Year Goals

What do you want your life to look like in five years? Take a moment and write down at least one specific, realistic, yet optimistic goal for each of the following dimensions of your life:

Financial/Career/Education

Romantic/Social Life

Family

Physical/Psychological Well-Being

Contribution to Your Local or Global Community.

For full credit, you must respond with at least one sentence ("In five years, I'd like .......") to each of the five dimensions listed above. That comes out to a 5-sentence-minimum total response. :-)

is the Good Life?

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As you just learned, in the Humanities we ask questions about living a human life. There might be no bigger question than this: "What is a good life?" Our entire class is really about this question. 

Is a good life about being healthy? Does it have to do with wealth or status? What is it we really want out of life? 

Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, famously explored this question in a work entitled Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle's answer (translated from Ancient Greek to English) is that the good life is about the following:

"Activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue."

Hmm...what does that mean? To get us started thinking about the good life and what Aristotle might have meant, I'd like you to do the assignment below.

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Assignment: 5-Year Goals

What do you want your life to look like in five years? Take a moment and write down at least one specific, realistic, yet optimistic goal for each of the following dimensions of your life:

1. Financial/Career/Education
2. Romantic/Social Life
3. Family
4. Physical/Psychological Well-Being
5. Contribution to Your Local or Global Community.

For full credit, you must respond with at least one sentence ("In five years, I'd like .......") to each of the five dimensions listed above. That comes out to a 5-sentence-minimum total response. :-)