Aristotle's Way

by Edith Hall · 2018

In *Aristotle’s Way*, celebrated classicist Edith Hall translates the ancient philosopher’s timeless wisdom into a practical guide for modern life. She shows how Aristotle’s pioneering inquiry into happiness—viewed not as fleeting pleasure but as a lasting state of contentment—offers a clear roadmap to a meaningful existence. By uncovering one’s purpose, cultivating one’s potential, and shaping habits that nurture the best version of ourselves, readers discover a humane program that blends meaning, creativity, and positivity. Hall weaves vivid personal anecdotes with rigorous scholarship, revealing how Aristotle’s ideas about the “good life” remain strikingly relevant. She argues that happiness is within reach for anyone willing to apply himself to its creation, inviting readers to become “budding Aristotelians” and to live with intention, virtue, and lasting fulfillment.