Aristotle's guide to the good life | Nicomachean Ethics

Check out 80,000 Hours: https://80000hours.org/jaredhenderson Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a classic work of philosophy, especially in virtue ethics. I hope this video can help guide you through the book and help you read it for yourself. Topics include Aristotle's influence, happiness, the virtues, friendship, and contemplation. I wrote a series of articles over the summer on this book, and you can find them (for free) on my Substack: https://jaredhenderson.substack.com/t... You can also become a paying subscriber to help support my work. → Sources Nicomachean Ethics: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97802260... The Morality of Happiness: https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... Aristotle on the Human Good: https://press.princeton.edu/books/pap... Ethics with Aristotle: https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... ‘Aristotle on Divine and Human Contemplation’: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo/124... ‘Aristotle’s Ethics’: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ar... ‘Aristotle’s Psychology:’ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ar... Bookshop links are affiliates, which means I earn a small commission from your purchase. → Chapters 0:00 Beginning 1:01 Aristotle and His Influence 3:16 Happiness and the Good Life 10:34 What is Virtue? 15:13 Aristotle vs. the Stoics 17:36 Friendship 22:47 Contemplation