er to "know" goodness. Goodness came from a number of avenues including piety, honesty, self-righteousness and overall living in accordance with the world. Now as far as the bodily pleasures go, Aristotle didn't seem to have a problem with them in moderation as he says "it is not by means of external goods that men acquire and keep the virtues, but the other way round; and to live happy...does in fact accrue more t
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