Apr 23, 2011

Got eudaimonia?

eudaimonia / ˌyüdēˈmōnēə / noun

This word means happiness or well-being in common parlance, but to Aristotle and his pals it meant something deeper. In classical Greek, eudaimonia was used as a term for the highest human good.
Discussion of the links between virtue of character (ethikē aretē) and happiness (eudaimonia) is one of the central preoccupations of ancient ethics, and a subject of much

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