“The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.”
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The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness.