For Aristotle, a good life facilitates becoming a virtuous person so that you can fulfil your potential as a human being and live with integrity.

Who doesn’t want to live a good life? Everyone wants to have a happy, fulfilling and meaningful existence.

Yet somehow, this is something many of us struggle with: we get caught up in the trivialities of everyday life. The endless cycle of work-stress-recover-repeat leaves little time for anything else. The pressures of modern life seem to get in the way of living the good life.

As technology changes how we work, learn, play, and socialise — finding purpose and meaning in our lives becomes increasingly important.

What is the good life? Great thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Seneca all proposed their own answers to these questions.

What Is The Good Life?
The word ‘good’ has a very different meaning for very many people; however, there are some aspects of ‘the good life’ that most people can probably agree on such as:

• Material comfort
• Wellbeing
• Engagement in meaningful activities/work,
• Loving relationships (with partners, family, and friends)
• Belonging to a community.

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