“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or a brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy,” wrote Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics. This rather commonsensical view of happiness is part of a larger, and deeper analysis of the meaning of happiness. This week, we explore one of the great minds of classical European philosophy.

<p>&ldquo;One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or a brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy,&rdquo; wrote Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics. This rather commonsensical view of happiness is part of a larger, and deeper analysis of the meaning of happiness. This week, we explore one of the great minds of classical European philosophy.</p>

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