Here's a (translated) quote from Pia's Master's thesis on Aristotle's definition of happiness:
The perfection of a scientific discipline does not lie in accumulating yet more knowledge of details, but in recognizing the principles that are at its heart, and in contemplating the eternal.
A good reminder for someone who spends her days plowing through methodologies and statistics, the boring details of scientific research...
PS: Did you know that Aristotle defines happiness not as a state of being, but as an activity or a way of life? How cool is that...
2 comments:
COOLES Zitat! Kann ich grade gut gebrauchen, wo ich doch in Datenmeeren versinke... freu mich auch schon sehr drauf, dich bald in Wien oder NÖ zu sehen!
Dickes Bussi Leni
That parallels with love as an action rather than as a feeling. e.g., one can feel quite conflicted about someone (maybe they are quite ill-behaved) yet show them a love, agape.
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