Insight: Eudaimonia is pursued as an end, not the means to an end.
Insight: Eudaimonia is a conceptual truth about what it means to be human.
Insight: Eudaimonia is an activity, a way of living, and relates to the whole life of someone.
Definition: Aristotle's doctrine that the right action lies between two extremes.
Example: The virtue of courage lies between two vices: cowardice and rashness.
Example: The virtue of modesty lies between two vices: shyness and shamelessness.
Insight: It is a misinterpretation that the golden mean is about moderation in all things. A virtuous person does not always act in moderation - a 'moderate' response to someone attacking a child for example would not be appropriate.
Reference: Montaigne: acknowledged a fear of death, but that we should think about death often, and of the brevity of life. Cited the Ancient Egyptian habit of bringing a dried skeleton to feasts to act as a memento mori. Declared that what matters is what you do with your time on Earth, and that we should think about death every day.
