In the end, the author claims that the philosopher is the most self- sufficient person, needing no one but himself.
In the end, the author claims that the philosopher is the most self- sufficient person, needing no one but himself. It concludes by stating that those who wish to attain the central goal must gain practical experience by applying themselves to the study of politics, thus ruling out the Sophists. The author opens by defining the good as the goal of any activity and creates a hierarchy of goods before determining that happiness is the ultimate goal of life. Named for the author's son and compiled from his lectures at the Lyceum, FTP, name this Aristotelian work on ethics.
In the end, the author claims that the philosopher is the most self- sufficient person, needing no one but himself.
{Nichomachean Ethics}