Nichomean ethics book IV essays

Nichomean ethics book IV essays In book VII, Aristotle discusses pleasure and pain. Aristotle says a philosopher must study pleasure and pain since he is an architect of the end. Aristotle informs you that children and animals pursue pleasures. Pleasure is not a chief good because it is not an end, but a coming to be. I believe that Aristotle states that children and animals pursue pleasures because he believes there minds to be uneducated in knowing what the virtues of life are and they enjoy simple pleasures because they can not see nor comprehend the grand scheme of life. Pleasure is not a chief good because it does not follow the proper guidelines to be a chief good. Pleasure is a short-formed way for someone to feel happiness for a temporary amount of time. They may achieve this by doing a simple action and experiencing the good produced by such action. One may find walking down a scenic route pleasurable but, once the walk is over the pleasure experienced will also be gone where the chief good will leave you feeling well for an infinite and indefinite amount of time. It is also said that not all pleasures are good. I agree with this statement. If one likes to smoke and every time one smokes, the chemical reaction caused by ingestion of cigarette brings pleasure to him. Now, the action of smoking ultimately pleasures him but he is surely poisoning himself. In some societies is perceived as dirty to smoke while in previous decades it was a refined habit to perform. Aristotle points out that there is a relativity of pleasure to remedy the situation. So pleasures depending on what they are i.e. (smoking, drinking, promiscuity)used to aide in the dealing with pain may in turn be a crutch or vice taking one further from the chief good by clouding judgment and sense of well-being. So even though some pleasures are bad there is no reason why some should not prevent on from ...