What does it mean to truly flourish as a human being? Over 2,300 years ago, Aristotle wrote the most compelling answer ever put to paper — the Nicomachean Ethics. In this episode of The Prometheans, we sit down with Professor C.D.C. Reeve (UNC Chapel Hill) — one of the world's foremost Aristotle scholars and the translator of the Nicomachean Ethics (Hackett, 2nd ed.) — to unpack Aristotle's vision of the good life: happiness, virtue, practical wisdom, and what it means to live well.

From eudaimonia to phronēsis, from the golden mean to the contemplative life — we ask whether Aristotle's ancient framework still speaks to us today, across cultures, traditions, and faiths. Can a pagan philosopher from 4th-century Greece offer moral wisdom to Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the modern world?

🔥 In this episode:

What is eudaimonia — and why "happiness" doesn't quite capture it

Aristotle's doctrine of the virtuous mean

Practical wisdom (phronēsis) and how to act rightly in the real world

The contemplative life vs. the active life — which did Aristotle really prize?

Can Aristotle's ethics speak to Muslim, Jewish, and Christian moral traditions?

📚 Guest: Professor C.D.C. Reeve | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Translator, Nicomachean Ethics (Hackett, 2nd ed.)

🎙️ Host: Ali Zaka (AZD) | The Prometheans