The opening lines of Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics declares: ” Every art in ev

The opening lines of Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics declares: ” Every art in every inquiry and similarly every action and pursuit, is sought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.” Aristotle then distinguishes between intermediate ends, that is, goals which we seek not for their own sake but for the sake of something other than itself; and some end which we desire for its own sake, that is, everything else being desired for the sake of this. In chapter 7 of Book One Aristotle discusses two essential attributes of happiness: “Finality” and “Self-Sufficiency”. Please discuss these two characteristics as they apply to human happiness. In chapter 5 of Book One Aristotle discusses three lifestyles that people often identify with happiness: a life dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure, a life devoted to honor, and a life in pursuit of wealth. Explain how Aristotle argues that these three lifestyles are not equivalent to human happiness by applying these two characteristics.
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