One Swallow Does Not Make a Su

One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day or a brief space of time make a man blessed and happyWhat does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong pleasure and self-control friendship and courage Aristotles lectures on ethics are among the most lasting and profound philosophical works of all time.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today from anarchists to stoics feminists to prophets satirists to Zen Buddhists. About the Author Aristotle was born in the Macedonian city of Stagira in 384 BC and died in 322. He studied in Platos Academy in Athens and later became tutor to Alexander the Great before establishing his own school in Athens called the Lyceum. His writings which were of extraordinary range profoundly affected the whole course of ancient medieval and modern philosophy. Many of them have survived includingThe Nicomachean EthicsThe Politics andPoetics among others.