PROBLEMA PLĂCERII CA PARTE A FERICIRII LA ARISTOTEL
THE PROBLEM OF PLEASURE AS A PART OF HAPPINESS IN ARISTOTLE

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the relation between pleasure and happiness in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics in order to determine if pleasure is just a part of happiness or if the two concepts can be interpreted as being ultimately identical. In doing so I will try to analyze the two conceptions about pleasure that Aristotle presents in his Nicomachean Ethics in order to see if pleasure can be regarded as being the supreme good or if it is just a means to or a necessary condition for happiness. I will argue for the idea that, although his idea about pleasure can be interpreted as being hedonistic in Chapter VII of the Nicomachean Ethics, his final position is not hedonistic and that pleasure is a non-essential part of happiness, even though, all things considered, bodily pleasures should be seen as having a positive impact on the contemplation process.

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