Aristotle believes that properties of men should only be common to some degree and should otherwise be considered private. He says that the government of a society needs to be observed when educating its youth, because an education needs to be imparted on the child that is suitable to the form of government under which he is raised. Pleasure meant everything to them, and death meant nothing. The life of pleasure does not come from drinking or revels, or other sensual pleasures. It comes from sober thinking, the sensible investigation of what to choose and to avoid, and getting rid of ideas which agitate the soul.
Common sense is our best guide.
It tells us that we cannot live happily unless we live wisely, nobly, and justly without being happy. They admitted that gods existed, but denied that they interfered with or influenced human a ctivities, or that they could be pleased or disappointed by humans. Since nothing could be known, they consoled themselves by insisting that nothing mattered. Skeptics go through life thinking that things may or may not be what they seem. Just because one of the five senses reveals something to be a true does not, by any means, prove its truth.