My ethical opinion

             There are three philosophers in whom I am going to talk about, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. The philosopher that seems to interest me the most is Aristotle. He is said to be the most down to earth philosopher out of the Plato and Socrates. I think that Aristotle has a great understanding of what he is talking about. Aristotle is to be the best student at Plato's academy, he is also said to think very highly of Plato; in fact, is said to have sent Plato a letter and to have wrote in it "Dear is Plato, but dearer still is truth."(GTE 23) Aristotle's theory comes a lot easier to me than Plato and Socrates. I have trouble understanding their concepts, but since Aristotle has a more understandable and likeable reasoning I seem to get into him a lot more.
             Aristotle, just like him I believe that wealth and honors are inadequate and that people must be self-sufficient. I think that people can not live off wealth and fame alone that they should be able to do things on there own to help themselves. You can't survive on just wealth fame that will not get you far at all.
             I agree with him that the goal to happiness is to first be self-sufficient, you are to be able to survive own your own and do things for yourself. Second to be final, and third to be attainable. I believe that anything can be attainable in life if you work hard to achieve it. There are times in your life where this may seem to be to far or to tough to reach these goals that you may have set for yourself but they can never not be reached if you put your mind to it.
             I also believe that a human does not understand happiness unless there is a reason behind it. The rationality and full realization is what happiness depends on. I think that moral virtues are important in a person's everyday life. It is very good to have moral virtues. For example, when a person thinks of what kind of guy or girl they want to date they usually have morals i...

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