# Solon — Nicomachean Ethics character guide

> Solon in Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i

## Who they are

Athenian lawgiver cited in discussions of happiness and fortune.

## Relationships

### [Anaxagoras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/characters/anaxagoras)

_social_

Both are historical Greek figures often cited together in philosophical discussions about wisdom and law.

## In the story

### [Nicomachean Ethics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/nicomachean-ethics)

Quoted regarding the idea that one cannot be called happy until the end of life.

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/book-i)

Quoted regarding the saying that one should wait until the end of life to call a man happy.

### [Happiness, Fortune, and the End of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/x)

Quoted for the saying that one should wait until the end of a man's life before calling him happy.

### [Chapter VIII: Happiness as Contemplation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/viii)

Quoted as describing the happy man as moderately supplied with fortune but doing noble deeds and living temperately.

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