Can a good life be lived alone?

Live with others.

From the relationships that shape us to the institutions that constrain us: think about shared life without erasing disagreement.

Confucian tradition

Confucius

With Confucius, examine what attention to relationships and ritual can cultivate.

The Peripatetic tradition

With Aristotle, connect friendship, habits and the conditions for a flourishing life.

Existentialism & feminist thought

With Simone de Beauvoir, see how situations make freedom unequal.

These connections are editorial suggestions: they bring differences into conversation without attributing a shared doctrine to these thinkers.