After Shakespeare, Aristotle is my favourite writer and thinker.
So in this episode of Hardcore Literature, one of many covering Aristotle, we delve deep into The Nicomachean Ethics.
The result?
A conversation about virtues, vices, habits, happiness, and meaning laced with rants about the current generation abound in this 30-minute primer to the greatest philosopher who ever lived. Completely new to Aristotle? Then here is the best place to start!
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Topics Covered in the Aristotle Podcast (with Timestamps)
Feel free to jump to any particular theme that interests you:
- 0:17: People chasing “clout” on TikTok & Instagram
- 2:50: What are Aristotle’s virtues?
- 5:04: How to become virtuous
- 7:30: How to create habits that stick
- 14:20: Why live a virtuous life?
- 20:40: What is happiness?
- 24:44: The idea of the mean: vices and virtues