The Master Guides: What Makes a Good Life? Shortform

In our Master Guide to what makes a good life, we’ll examine different answers to these questions from significant philosophers and spiritualists like Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics) and Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). We’ll distill their complex arguments into three main perspectives on what a good life looks like: living according to reason, dedicating yourself to a larger project or goal, and abandoning any fixed idea of "goodness" altogether. Our exploration of each perspective explains why its proponents consider it the best way to live, and we’ll outline how to apply their "good life" principles in your own life.