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    Aristotle ’s Way: Ancient Wisdom & Happiness

    Today is the World Book Day. To mark the occasion, I’m publishing this post based on Edith Hall’s recently published book ‘Aristotle ’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life’. I first came across this book a few months ago, when I read Lisa Allardice’s article ‘How Aristotle is the perfect happiness guru’. Three words, two featuring in the title of the book, and one in the review, sparked my interest: Aristotle, wisdom, happiness. Aristotle was born in the town of Stageira, in Halkidiki, Greece, an hour’s drive from my home-town, Thessaloniki. Then, I studied Medicine at the Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki. ‘Let Wisdom Guide’ is the motto of…