What Aristotle and Rousseau Believe

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Aristotle and Rousseau Believe
According to Aristotle, happiness mainly depends on an individual himself concerning others. Human existence dramatically depends on the ultimate purpose of happiness (Radenović, Ljiljana 59-68). He also argued that human happiness is neither pleasure nor virtue but is the exercise of virtue. Since virtue mainly depends on cultivation, then it is more individualistic. Happiness can only be achieved at the end of one's life (Radenović, Ljiljana 59-68). It is because it is a goal and not just a provisional state or reaction. Aristotle viewed man as a rational animal, and his happiness significantly depends on the practice or exercise of his reasons. The perfection of humans is only attained through happiness (Steinberg, David 147-167). Furthermore, happiness depends on the acquisition of moral characters. It can only be displayed through the exercise of courage, generosity, citizenship, and friendship in an individual life. The virtue is significantly achieved when there is a balance in their practice, and deficiency of balance results in its limitation (Steinberg, David 147-167). Finally, he argued that the awareness of our coherent abilities of happiness depends on intellectual...