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Aristotle asks whether happiness requires external goods -- like money, food, clothing, shelter, good birth, health, beauty, good children, good friends, and political power.

His answer is that happiness requires

    { 1 } - no material goods (since happiness is from within).
    { 2 } - a moderate amount of external goods.
    { 3 } - a large amount of external goods.

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Aristotle asks whether happiness requires external goods -- like money, food, clothing, shelter, good birth, health, beauty, good children, good friends, and political power.

His answer is that happiness requires

Are you thinking of the Stoics?

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2 is correct!

Aristotle asks whether happiness requires external goods -- like money, food, clothing, shelter, good birth, health, beauty, good children, good friends, and political power.

His answer is that happiness requires

    { 1 } - no material goods (since happiness is from within).
    { 2 } - a moderate amount of external goods.
    { 3 } - a large amount of external goods.

If we don't have at least a moderate amount of these goods, we won't be able to develop our higher rational capacities.

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Aristotle asks whether happiness requires external goods -- like money, food, clothing, shelter, good birth, health, beauty, good children, good friends, and political power.

His answer is that happiness requires

    { 1 } - no material goods (since happiness is from within).
    { 2 } - a moderate amount of external goods.
    { 3 } - a large amount of external goods.

We need some such external goods, but not a great amount. Having too much can distract us from more important things.

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