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        还有一些自身就有价值的事。我是一个音乐热、人，但不专业。只是玩乐器找乐。为什么我喜欢玩音乐？就像大多的业余音乐人，我只是，很享受。最终的目的就是它本身。

        Now, something else I value is teaching. Why? Well, it brings me a modest income but I can make more money doing other things. I do it even if they didn't pay me I just enjoy teaching. In that sense it is an end to itself. But teaching is not something that has intrinsic value for all people. And that's true generally. Most things that are enjoyed in and of themselves vary from person to person. Some people value teaching intrinsically but others don't.

        我还喜欢教书。为什么？虽然只有普通的收入，但我可以通过做其他的事赚更多的钱。就算他们不给我钱，我也会教书。我很享受教书。在某种意义上，它本身就是最终的目的。但是教书并非对所有人都有内在价值。一般来讲都是这样。多数令人自得其乐的事情是因人而异的。有些人对教书乐在其中，但有些人不是。

        So how does all this relate to human happiness? Well, Aristotle asks, is there something that all human beings value and value only intrinsically for its only sake and only for its own sake. If you could find such a thing, that would be the universal final good or truly the ultimate purpose or goal for all human beings. Aristotle thought the answer was yes. What is it? Happiness. Everyone will agree, he argues, that happiness is the ultimate end to be valued for itself and really only for itself. For what other purpose is there in being happy? What does it yield? The attainment of happiness became the ultimate or highest good for Aristotle.

        这些和人类的幸福有什么关系呢？Aristotle问过，有没有什么事是因为它本身，让全人类都喜欢，并且仅仅从其内在角度上喜欢。如果你可以找到这样的事，它绝对是普世的终极大善，或是全人类最后的目标。Aristotle认为确有此物：那就是幸福。他说，每个人都认为幸福的确是人们追寻的最后目标，并且追寻的就是它本身。幸福还有什么其他的目的呢？它有什么用途呢？成就幸福即成为Aristotle的终极或最高大善。

        The next question that Aristotle raises is: what is happiness? We all want it; we all desire it; we all seek it. It's the goal we have in life, but what is it? How do we find it? Here he notes with some frustration, people disagree.
        另外一个Aristotle提出的问题是：什么是幸福？我们都需要它，我们都渴望它，都找寻它。它是我们人生的目标，但它到底是什么？怎样才能找到它？他指出了一些人们不同意的看法。

        But he does give us a couple of criteria or features to keep in mind as we look for what true human happiness is. True human happiness should be, as he put it, complete. Complete in that it's all we require. Well, true human happiness, if you had that, what else do you need? Nothing.

        但是他给了我们一些标准或特征，让我们在找寻什么是人类真正的幸福的时候牢记在心。人类真正的幸福应该是，如他所说，全面的。幸福的全面性是我们都想要的。如果你拥有了真正的幸福，还有什么别的需要呢？没有。

        And second, true happiness should be something that I can obtain on my own. I shouldn't have to rely on other people for it. Many people value fame and seek fame. Fame for them becomes the goal, but according to Aristotle, this won't work either. Because fame depends all together too much on other people, I can't get it on my own without help from other people.

        第二，真正的幸福应该是我靠自己就能获得的。我不应该依靠别人来获得幸福。很多人沽名钓誉。对于这些人来讲，名誉即目的，但是，根据Aristotle的理论，名誉也非幸福。因为名誉很大程度上需要靠别人的帮助，没有别人帮助，我得不到它。

        In the end, Aristotle says that true happiness is the exercise of reason, a life of intellectual contemplation of thinking. So let's see how he comes to that.