Aristotle states that there are "three most favored lives" " (Nicomachean Ethics 256). ... First, let us look at the virtues of thought such as wisdom, comprehension, and prudence (Nicomachean Ethics 265). ... It is a mean between two vices, one of excess and one of deficiency" (Nicomachean Ethics 269). ... The principle of an action is decision; and the principle of decision is desire and right reason (Nicomachean Ethics 308). ... In Book VI (Nicomachean Ethics), Aristotle defines the five states of the soul that contribute to a contemplative life. ...

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