Cashen, M. (2012). The Ugly, the Lonely, and the Lowly: Aristotle on Happiness and the External Goods. History of Philosophy Quarterly 29: 1–19. IntroductionOf course, by "happy" Aristotle does not mean what we mean today. For him, to be happy, or eudaimön, is to be actively engaged in the life of virtue. So the puzzle is this: what do appearance, family, and social life have to do with the abil..