If we get true happiness from virtuous living and intellectual study, then this happiness wouldn't be significantly affected by changes in fortune and in our external circumstances.
If we get true happiness from virtuous living and intellectual study, then this happiness wouldn't be significantly affected by changes in fortune and in our external circumstances.
Surprise! Aristotle is a realist on these issues.
If we get true happiness from virtuous living and intellectual study, then this happiness wouldn't be significantly affected by changes in fortune and in our external circumstances.
A virtuous person might suffer severe misfortune (such as a painful illness, or torture on the rack, or extreme poverty). This would diminish the person's happiness.