Aristotle thinks that happiness is an activity – it consists in doing something – rather than a feeling. It is the best activity of which humans are capable and is spread out over the course of a life. But what kind of activity is it? Some of his remarks indicate that it is a single best kind of activity, intellectual contemplation. Other evidence suggests that it is an overarching activity that has various virtuous activities, ethical and intellectual, as parts. Numerous interpreters have sharply disagreed about Aristotle's answers to such questions. In this book, Bryan Reece offers a fundamentally new approach to determining what kind of activity Aristotle thinks happiness is, one that challenges widespread assumptions that have until now prevented a dialectically satisfactory interpretation. His approach displays the boldness and systematicity of Aristotle's practical philosophy.

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The North Ridgeville Fire Department (NRFD) has in recent years had difficulty completing annual fire hydrant maintenance. The research's purpose was to determine, through evaluative research, possible procedure modifications by reviewing the NRFD's procedures, surrounding department's procedures and national regulations. The results were the identification of maintenance procedures that the NRFD should perform on an annual basis. Recommendations included modifications to NRFD procedures and the transfer of hydrant records to a computerized database. The research attempts to support the hypothesis that proper testing and regular maintenance will result in the greater reliability of hydrants.