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"Without friends, no one would choose to live even though he had all other goods." - Aristotle
2-10 You've Got A Friend
This week our topic in Channeling Aristotle was friendship. Aristotle was emphatic about the importance of friendship in leading a good life. Aristotle says that the essence of a virtuous friendship is selflessness.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Aristotle, CEO pay, Pursuing Full Potential and OWS
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I am currently taking a DU Enrichment Class "Channeling Aristotle: Cultivating a Virtuous Life in the 21st Century". Our discussion last week evolved around the "golden mean" and finding purpose in life. Aristotle believe that happiness lay in the pursuit of one's full potential and in maintaining a perfect balance between excess and deficit.
Mulling this over for the past week in light of the growing momentum with the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWS) leads me to the hypothesis that much of what is wrong in our society today is the result of this lack of balance and current perceived lack of opportunity to reach full potential. If one thinks about the question of balance between excess and deficit this is the key issue in terms of anger toward Wall Street, CEO's and the demonized 1%. In general terms one might see these groups as organizations or people who have clearly erred to the side of excess. This is most certainly the case in some situations but without analyzing each individual or each corporation it is wrong to make that gross generalization.
I am currently taking a DU Enrichment Class "Channeling Aristotle: Cultivating a Virtuous Life in the 21st Century". Our discussion last week evolved around the "golden mean" and finding purpose in life. Aristotle believe that happiness lay in the pursuit of one's full potential and in maintaining a perfect balance between excess and deficit.
Mulling this over for the past week in light of the growing momentum with the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWS) leads me to the hypothesis that much of what is wrong in our society today is the result of this lack of balance and current perceived lack of opportunity to reach full potential. If one thinks about the question of balance between excess and deficit this is the key issue in terms of anger toward Wall Street, CEO's and the demonized 1%. In general terms one might see these groups as organizations or people who have clearly erred to the side of excess. This is most certainly the case in some situations but without analyzing each individual or each corporation it is wrong to make that gross generalization.
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