Eudaimonia

Eudaimonia (Greek: ) is a classical Greek word commonly translated as happiness'. Etymologically,it consists of the word "eu" ("good" or "well being") and "daim n" ("spirit" or "minor deity", used by extension to mean one's lot or fortune). Although popular usage of the term happiness refers to a state of mind, related to joy or pleasure, eudaimonia rarely has such connotations, and the less subjective "human flourishing" is often preferred as a translation Eudaimonia, is a central concept in ancient Greek ethics (along with "arete", most often translated as virtue"). Some philosophers believe eudaimonia (not arete) is the highest human good, and are concerned with saying just how to achieve it. Eudaimonia is often translated into English as "happiness". But "happiness" is more correlated a subjective state or overall measure of such states as an assessment of the quality of one s life, whereas eudaimonia refers to an objectively desirable life.

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Eudaimonia (Greek: e da µ a) is a classical Greek word commonly translated as happiness'. Etymologically,it consists of the word "eu" ("good" or "well being") and "daimon" ("spirit" or "minor deity", used by extension to mean one's lot or fortune). Although popular usage of the term happiness refers to a state of mind, related to joy or pleasure, eudaimonia rarely has such connotations, and the less subjective "human flourishing" is often preferred as a translation Eudaimonia, is a central concept in ancient Greek ethics (along with "arete", most often translated as virtue"). Some philosophers believe eudaimonia (not arete) is the highest human good, and are concerned with saying just how to achieve it. Eudaimonia is often translated into English as "happiness". But "happiness" is more correlated a subjective state or overall measure of such states as an assessment of the quality of one's life, whereas eudaimonia refers to an objectively desirable life.