Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
    Unavailable
    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
    Unavailable
    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
    Audiobook8 hours

    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

    Written by Edith Hall

    Narrated by Sian Thomas

    4.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    From renowned classicist Edith Hall, Aristotle's Way is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives.

    Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, and modifying our behavior to become the best version of ourselves. With these objectives in mind, Aristotle developed a humane program for becoming a happy person, which has stood the test of time, comprising much of what today we associate with the good life: meaning, creativity, and positivity. Most importantly, Aristotle understood happiness as available to the vast majority us, but only, crucially, if we decide to apply ourselves to its creation—and he led by example. As Hall writes, "If you believe that the goal of human life is to maximize happiness, then you are a budding Aristotelian."

    In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out the crux of Aristotle's thinking, mixing affecting autobiographical anecdotes with a deep wealth of classical learning. For Hall, whose own life has been greatly improved by her understanding of Aristotle, this is an intensely personal subject. She distills his ancient wisdom into ten practical and universal lessons to help us confront life's difficult and crucial moments, summarizing a lifetime of the most rarefied and brilliant scholarship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9781984838858
    Unavailable
    Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
    Author

    Edith Hall

    Edith Hall (Reino Unido, 1959), doctora honoris causa por la Universidad de Atenas, es una prestigiosa clasicista británica. Formada en Wadham College (Oxford), está especializada en literatura griega antigua e historia cultural, y es experta en la obra de Homero. Ha sido profesora en Royal Holloway (Universidad de Londres), Cambridge, Durham, Reading y Oxford, y en la actualidad lo es en el King’s College (Londres). Autora y editora de más de diez libros sobre el mundo antiguo, en 2015 fue la primera mujer en recibir la Medalla Erasmus de la Academia Europea. En Anagrama ha publicado Los griegos antiguos.

    Related to Aristotle's Way

    Related audiobooks

    Biography & Memoir For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      How To Live (like A Stoic)

      Jan 23, 2018

      How To Live (like A Stoic)
      4 min read

    • Article

      Q. How Would You Define Happiness?

      Sep 25, 2021

      Happiness is often seen as a state of mind without worries or negative emotions. Strictly speaking, it is one of the many emotional states of mind, that include sadness, anxiety, fear, etc. Over time, with the increasing occurrence of negative states

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Purpose Of Life

      Aug 10, 2020

      The Purpose Of Life
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Joys of Being a Stoic

      Nov 4, 2020

      In September, a writer for HBO’s Watchmen series, Cord Jefferson, was awarded an Emmy. I enjoyed the show’s first season, a sequel to arguably the best movie (and graphic novel) about superhero vigilantism. The plot involves the protagonists combatti

      9 min read

    • Article

      Human Virtues

      Jul 24, 2022

      Human Virtues
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Potentialists

      Apr 30, 2018

      The Potentialists
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Secret to Happiness

      Sep 25, 2021

      Nilesh Shah always thought he had the good life. As managing director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, one of India’s largest financial services group, money was never an issue. Initially, material pursuits like getting a good job, a new c

      4 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Jun 7, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Nov 30, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Aug 2, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      May 29, 2020

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Apr 30, 2020

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Aug 31, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      Body

      Sep 5, 2022

      Body
      3 min read

    • Article

      … And Don’t Seek Happiness

      Jan 6, 2023

      bloomberg.com/opinion The US constitution safeguards the right of individuals to pursue happiness, says Andreas Kluth. But you’d be wise not to make that your New Year’s resolution. Happiness should not be your goal, nor is it the point of life. Ar

      1 min read

    • Article

      A Bovine Existence

      Aug 10, 2020

      A Bovine Existence
      1 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Nov 1, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      Philosophy

      Feb 3, 2023

      No one today would dream of practising the physics, medicine or biology of the ancient Greeks. But their thoughts on how to live remain perennially inspiring. Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics have all had their 21st-century evangelists. Now it is Epic

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Sep 30, 2021

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Feb 28, 2020

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known Natural Laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Grail Message?

      Jan 31, 2020

      THE THREE VOLUMES of In the Light of Truth contain a total of 168 lectures whose contents, building upon one another, give a picture of Creation in entirety. The Author’s all-embracing view is based on well-known natural laws, which reveal the hidden

      2 min read

    Reviews for Aristotle's Way

    4.5/5

    13 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Interesting when it is primarily Aristotle's views but sometimes tainted by the author's arrogance and elitism.