Eudaimonia and Self-sufficiency in the
Nicomachean Ethics
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that eudainonn Incas other goods Besides ontemplation, especially
{ot vil cal) moral action, the execs ofthe moral tues. Siotbers|
tha BEX cootains an exconive view of eudsimonia a consisting in
thing but contemplation, ands notin the end resonelable wth BK. F's
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that Bi I propounde an inclusive scout of eadnimonia "Hence. Bk. 1
tnd X ft together nto a coberent scour, BEX must De brooght intone
srt sucha positon, Fal hie the comprehensive view" eudaimonia
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supports iew of NEI aboveal the criterion of sefsucieney kd down
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