For centuries there has been a debate over how to live a good life. What is a good life? Is it simply being happy or is the definition more complicated than that? Many have offered their opinions on the subject from St. Augustine to C.S Lewis and even Chris McCandless. But luckily there seems to be a common belief between many intellects on how to live a good life. The ideas of brilliant people from around the world commonly stem from the views of St. Augustine’s on how to live a good life. St. Augustine viewed a good life as following eternal law and loving eternal possessions. C.S Lewis and Chris McCandless’ view of a good life have the same common idea of St. Augustine’s view of a good life. In his work On Free Choice and Will St. Augustine …show more content…
Augustine a good life is one full of happiness, freedom and good will. In order to achieve a good life one must follow the eternal law and favor eternal possessions over the temporal things in life. These same ideas are found in the works of C.S. Lewis and in the story of Chris McCandless. Lewis urges following the Tao to find freedom and morals, much like Augustine’s eternal law. He also emphasizes the importance of love, an eternal thing in life, by writing a whole book to describe the impact it has on humans. Then in his journey McCandless follows the writings of St. Augustine when he get rid of his temporal possessions in order to find the importance of life. In his journey, McCandless discovers that loved ones, eternal possessions, are the most important thing in living a good life. Personally, I would have to agree with St. Augustine’s view of a good life and how to get there. He is right when he says that a good life is full of happiness and good will. And to reach happiness and good will one should follow eternal law and favor eternal possessions over temporal ones. Eternal law tells us that we should not murder and be kind, which both clearly is part of living a good life. Also temporal possessions like phones and cars only bring us a few minutes of happiness while love and family can bring us a lifetime of happiness. St. Augustine has it right when he describes a good life as being happy, free and having good will and you get this good life by following eternal law and loving eternal possessions over temporal ones. After all, he has had a lot of support from similar ideas on how to live a good