What the concepts of happiness and virtue mean

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In the introduction to our translation of Nicomachean Ethics, Terrence Irwin (the editor and translator of our text) describes Aristotle's views of happiness (starting on p. xvi) and virtue (starting on p. xvii). Based on Irwin's commentary in these sections, summarize what the concepts of happiness and virtue mean in Aristotle's system of ethics, and how the two relate.

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