One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer: Aristotle (Penguin Great Ideas)

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'

What does it mean to be a good person?

Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle's lectures on ethics are among the most lasting and profound philosophical works of all time.

About the Series:

• One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series.
• This selection highlights a diverse list of thinkers who have shaped our world today.
• Includes perspectives from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.