According to Aristotle, the chief or supreme good must be something desired for its own sake because

A) it is extrinsically or instrumentally valuable.

B) people want to be happy in order to gain fame and fortune.

C) if it were not, our search for the good life would be in vain since there would be no end to it.

D) one can never be too rich.


C

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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