BEST AM ON G M E N

PT IO N O F T HE G O OD L IF E
IVE A NA L YS IS ON THE PERCE
A COMPARAT O RIC A L FIG U R E S
L IF E A ND W O RKS O F HIS T
THR O UG H TH E
 OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• ANCIENT VIEW OF THE GOOD LIFE
• MEDIEVAL VIEW OF THE GOOD LIFE
• REFORMATIONAL VIEW OF THE GOOD LIFE
• ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE GOOD
LIFE

• COMPARISON OF HISTORICAL FIGURES

• CONCLUSION
 DISCUSSION
• PLATO’S DISCUSSION OF THE GOOD LIFE
• MAN ACHIEVES A GOOD LIFE IF HE PURSUES THE VIRTUE OF JUSTICE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THE HAPPINESS IN ITSELF IS NOT THE ULTIMATE END
• MYTH OF METALS
• THE SOUL
• PLEASURE AND REASON
• KNOWING WHAT IS GOOD AS BEING GOOD
 DISCUSSION
• ARISTOTLE
• CONCEPT OF EUDAIMONIA
• THE DESIRE FOR A GOOD LIFE SHOULD STAND ON ITS OWN AND AN END IN ITSELF
• MATERIAL WEALTH
• HONOR
• DESIRE
• DISCUSSION OF PLEASURE
• KNOWING WHAT IS GOOD AND DOING WHAT IS GOOD
 DISCUSSION
• ST. AUGUSTINE
• GOOD LIFE LIES ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MORAL GOODNESS
BY LOVING GOD
• VIRTUE OF LOVE
• THE DUALITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF MAN AND CITY OF GOD
• THE CHURCH AS A GUIDE TO ACHIEVING A GOOD LIFE
 DISCUSSION
• ST. THOMAS
• REASON + FAITH
• EXERCISING THE RATIONAL CAPACITY OF ONE’S SOUL TO DETERMINE WHAT
IS GOOD AND VIRTUOUS
• THE SOUL IS ALWAYS STRIVING TO REACH THE GREATEST GOOD WHICH IS
TOWARDS GOD
• THE LAWS
• IT IS WITHIN THE NATURE OF MAN TO SEEK THE GOOD LIFE
 DISCUSSION

• JOHN CALVIN
• SENSE OF GOD
• FAITH AND REASON
• FIVE POINTS OF CALVINISM
 CRITIQUE

• ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF

THE VIEWS OF THE GOOD LIFE
• SIMILARITIES AND POINTS OF DISSENT IN THE EVOLUTION OF
THE VIEW ON THE GOOD LIFE
 REFLECTION
• A CONTEMPORARY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THREE
PROMINENT FIGURES
• JESUS CHRIST
• MOHANDAS GANDHI
• THE DALAI LAMA
• CRITICISM ON THE VIEWS ON THE GOOD LIFE BASED ON THE DISCREPANCIES
BETWEEN THE PERSONALITIES DISCUSSED – HOW EACH EMBODIED A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WHILE STILL BEING ATTRIBUTED TO HAVE ACHIEVED
A GOOD LIFE
 CON C L U S IO N
IFE IN M OD E RN SOC IE TY
HE PER CEPT ION OF A GOODL
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