Happiness is the goal of every human being according to Aristotle, however what does happiness imply? It is in his attempt to define happiness and find a way to achieve it that Aristotle encounters the idea of ​​virtue. It is therefore necessary to explain the relationship between these two terms. I will begin by defining good and virtue and then clarify their close link with the discussion of function, I will then go into more detail explaining the different ways in which they are closely related and finally I will give an account of the apparent contradiction in Book of study. Before describing the close relationship between good and virtue, we must define these terms. Virtue has a broader meaning than the contemporary interpretation we have of it, in the Nicomachean Ethics virtue simply means excellence. Aristotle defines a good by noting that every action seeks a good. In Nicomechean ethics the good and the end are interchangeable and both mean objective. After describing a good, Aristotle makes a distinction between goods to define the latter. There are therefore two types of goods (1094a10-1094a16), some have instrumental value, they refer to goods that we seek to obtain other goods. For example, money is a good, however we do not value it for its own sake but rather to obtain something else, for example a material product. Other goods are intrinsic, we value them for themselves. For example, health would be considered an intrinsic good since we seek good health for its own sake. The distinction between instrumental and intrinsic goods allows us to establish a hierarchy of goods and to assume the existence of a good that would be the highest. Knowing that there is...... middle of paper......rts of the soul to find the function of the human being which is the activity according to reason. It is first and foremost in this function that men must be virtuous. It is thanks to the same distinction that Aristotle gives the different types of virtue. However, while Aristotle dedicates much of his writing to the practical and active aspects of virtue, it is necessary to keep in mind the virtues of the life of study which are reintroduced in chapters 7 and 8 of book in fact they remember and justify the honorable and divine aspect of the life of study, necessary to achieve complete happiness. Bibliography Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 1999. Works Cited Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 1999.