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Period: 469 BCE to 399 BCE
SOCRATES
"The Golden Mean Principle" states that to be happy, live a full life of moderation. The line "too much love will kill you" is a great example for this. You cannot love someone so much as it can cause you to do selfish things. In life doing things harshly is never the key to a happy life, instead doing things moderately will make your life easier and much better to handle. -
Period: 428 BCE to 348 BCE
PLATO
"It is only by being virtuous that we can hope to be happy" Plato doesn't consider virtue as a minor good for it is virtue that gives us a happy life. No material things will make us happy because happiness starts within us. if we choose to be righteous then our life will not be in chaos and we will live a peaceful and happy life. -
Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
ARISTOTLE
"No one commits an evil act knowingly and doing wrong arises out of ignorance." Doing wrong when you genuinely know what is right, truly existed. The art of measurement is the way people measure the benefits they get from their choices. People see the good things but chooses to do what is wrong because the benefits they perceived from it outweighs the outcome of doing what is good.