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Epicurus Plato Research Paper

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If I had to choose between Epicurus, Plato and Aristotle on who had the best ethical system, I would choose Aristotle. I would choose Aristotle because, he lays the ground work of what the virtues are in a person and how they should be exemplified in everyday life. He tells us about the vices of deficiency and excess and how we should reach a mean to help us achieve happiness in life. Aristotle gives a clear example between happiness and pleasure and how they don’t correlate between each other. He states pleasure is like grazing cattle, where one cannot truly get full. From this idea of trying to achieve happiness/ Eudemonia, one must practice achieving the mean of the virtues. I like Aristotle’s idea of achieving eudemonia, because I value

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