DAY 64

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle · -349
Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Through the trivial habits repeated every day, what kind of person am I becoming?

📝ONGO's Reflection

Aristotle's words—that excellence is not a single great act but a habit—completely changed the way I live. We often imagine happiness as a matter of fate or of grand achievement. But he insists that happiness is the activity of the soul in accordance with reason, built up from the good choices we make each day. Once you have read this book, the small acts of making your bed this morning or offering a warm greeting can never feel trivial again.

— ONGO · Curator
"One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day."
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
"한 마리의 제비가 봄을 만드는 것도 아니요, 단 하루가 봄을 만드는 것도 아니다."

🌱Apply It Today

Imagine the excellent person you wish to become, and starting today, practice one tiny good habit that such a person would do every day.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

靑出於藍
Bluer Than Blue
청출어람 · beyond the master
Listen

Wisdom that echoes this book

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