“We deliberate about means, not ends. The end is fixed by nature or habit.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book III, Chapter 3(Translated by W.D. Ross) Plain Talk Life’s like cooking dinner: Everyday Examples Try This Week
“Choice is not appetite, anger, wish, or opinion, but deliberate preference.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book III, Chapter 2(Translated by W.D. Ross) The Big Idea Real choices aren’t quick reactions – they’re strategic picks after thinking it through. Think of it like gaming: Real-Life Scenarios 🔥 Homework vs. TikTok 🤝 Lunchroom Drama 📱 Social Media Crossroads … Read more
Have you ever wondered how to become a better person—or what it even means to live a ”good life”? Over 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle asked these same questions, and his answers still inspire us today. In his famous book Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explains that virtues like courage, honesty, and kindness aren’t … Read more
“Virtue is a middle state between two vices, aiming at what is best and right.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Virtue is your life’s GPS navigation — it steers between reckless speeding (🚗💨) and paralyzing hesitation (🚗🐢), guiding you to the optimal route. Like a smartphone’s adaptive … Read more
“The mean in virtue is not a mathematical midpoint but what is right for the individual.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethics are your life’s adaptive brightness slider — just as phones auto-adjust screen light for day/night, personalized virtue rejects rigid formulas. A night owl’s “study mean” … Read more
“Virtues are destroyed by excess and deficiency but preserved by the mean, as strength is by moderate exercise.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 2(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethics are your soul’s fitness tracker — just as overtraining causes injuries and inactivity wastes muscles, moral health thrives on balanced “reps” of courage, … Read more
“Education should train the youth to feel pleasure and pain in the right objects.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 3(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Education is your brain’s neural algorithm — like smartphone parental controls filtering harmful content, values calibration programs youth to crave knowledge (🍎) and reject shortcuts (⏭️). Just as … Read more
“Pleasure and pain test our habits; the temperate rejoice in abstinence, the profligate resent it.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 3(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Habits are your life’s battery health — just as phones degrade with constant 100% charging, ethical temperance thrives on 80% discipline + 20% joy. The profligate (like … Read more
“We must sometimes lean toward excess or deficiency to hit the mean, as a crooked stick is straightened.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 9(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical growth is your life’s auto-correct — just as phones overcompensate typos before settling, dynamic balance requires strategic overshooting. Like bending a warped ruler … Read more
“To err slightly in the mean is blameless, but large deviations are vicious.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 9(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is your life’s GPS navigation — minor detours (🛑 coffee detour) are forgivable, but ignoring reroute alerts (⛔ wrong highway exit) leads to disaster. Like a 5% … Read more