In Nicomachean ethics, generosity is the third virtue examined by Aristotle. It directly addresses the idea of ​​generosity as a means of wealth, meaning anything whose value is measured by money. As presented by Aristotle, generosity is the intermediate between wastefulness and greediness, where wastefulness is excess and greediness is deficiency. This virtue, however, does not come naturally; generosity can arise through habit and requires experience as well as time. Although generosity appears to be an important virtue, it is not the most essential virtue for one's well-being. According to Aristotle, generosity is the middle virtue between wastefulness and lack of generosity. In general terms, generosity is not attributed to those who take wealth more seriously than is right. Since generosity is linked to wealth and everything whose value is measured by money, anything can be used well or badly. Therefore, in the virtue of generosity, the one who is the best user of something is the one who has the virtue, that is, the generous person. While the possession of wealth is taking and holding, using wealth consists of spending and giving, which is why “it is more characteristic of the generous person to give to the right people than to take from the right sources and not from the wrong ones” (1120a10). Since not taking is easier than giving, those who give will be thanked more. The generous person will also aim for amends in his giving and will give correctly; “for he will give to the right people, the right sums, at the right time, and all other things which are implied by a right giving” (1120a25). As a result, it is not easy for the generous person to get rich, since they are willing to spend and not to take or keep, ... middle of paper ... result, the more directly one sees their personal efforts have an impact on someone more, the greater the happiness that can be obtained from the experience of giving. Sometimes generosity requires overcoming a feeling of reluctance because all people instinctively want to keep good things to themselves, but once they overcome this feeling, they will feel satisfaction in knowing that they have made a difference in someone else's life. However, if one lives without generosity but is not selfish, one can still derive pleasure from other virtues. As presented by Aristotle, generosity is the intermediate between waste and greed, where waste is excess and greed is deficiency. Greed is a greater evil than waste and error in this direction is more common. It is always better to be wasteful than ungenerous, but one must strive to reach the intermediate.