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How to Flourish by Aristotle, translated by Susan Sauvé Meyer — WisdomDeck honest review
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How to Flourish

by Aristotle, translated by Susan Sauvé Meyer

An abridged Nicomachean Ethics in fresh translation: happiness, virtue, the mean, friendship. The easiest way into Aristotle's ethics.

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  1. Flourishing is activity.
  2. Virtue is a habit.
  3. Friendship completes.

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