“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or a brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy,” wrote Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics. This rather commonsensical view of happiness is part of a larger, and deeper analysis of the meaning of happiness. This week, we explore one of the great minds of classical European philosophy.

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Tags:  Aristotle,  Classical European philosophy,  Greek philosophy,  Existential,  Happiness,  Life,  Night School