...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.... Aristotle
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Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves. In the happiness of the good life, all things are subordinated to virtue, which is better than amusement. And virtue consists in a harmonious relation to all things.

Happiness is a life lived in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

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