eudaimonia
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Eudaimonia (also spelled eudaemonia; ; ) is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of good spirit, and which is commonly translated as happiness or welfare.
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- Definition and etymology
- Eudaimonia and areté
- Eudaimonia and happiness
- Classical views on eudaimonia and aretē
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Pyrrho
- Epicurus
- The Stoics
- Modern conceptions
- "Modern Moral Philosophy"
- Modern psychology
- Positive psychology on eudaimonia
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External links
Eudaimonia (also spelled eudaemonia; ; ) is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of good spirit, and which is commonly translated as happiness or welfare.
In the works of Aristotle, eudaimonia was the term for the highest human good in older Greek tradition. It is the aim of practical philosophy-prudence, including ethics and political philosophy, to consider and experience what this state really is and how it can be achieved. It is thus a central concept in Aristotelian ethics and subsequent Hellenistic philosophy, along with the terms aretē (most often translated as virtue or excellence) and phronesis ('practical or ethical wisdom').
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