Parker Ryan Ethics 2306 12/03/2013 The good life‚ Eudaimonia. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher in BCE(before Christ era)‚ a student of Plato’s academy Aristotle grew up to be one of the greatest thinkers of the time‚ his writings included topics on physics‚ logic‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ ethics and many more in which he underlines the act of human’s need for happiness. Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. The concept of eudaimonia is one central to Aristotle ’s Nicomachean Ethics and
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ancient Greek terms‚ the concept of happiness was referred to as eudaimonia. Eudaimonia refers to happiness on a level congruent with social aspects‚ as opposed to the inner emotions we associate it with today. In Aristotle’s time‚ an individual who had achieved a state of eudaimonia was cheerful and content with life as a result of obtaining success and affluence. Our modern day concept of happiness is the closest equivalent to eudaimonia‚ but because the translation is imprecise‚ the meaning of the
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Political Thought Eric Gallager Fall 10 Aristotle’s Definition of Eudaimonia 08 Fall Eudaimonia is a difficult word to translate. Simplistic definitions of it vary from “happiness” to “flourishing” to “the good life”. However‚ such facile English renditions of the word fail to grasp a complete sense of what exactly eudaimonia implies. It is especially necessary to have a full understanding of the idea of eudaimonia when reading Aristotle‚ because the concept plays an important role in
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Aristotle’s Notion of Eudaimonia According to Aristotle everyone first and foremost wants a eudaimon life‚ a life in which he does well and fares well. Aristotle thinks there is one good that is sought for not for the sake of anything else: the summum bonum (greatest good). The greatest good is eudaimonia (living well‚ doing well‚ flourishing). In the well-ordered personality the parts of will function together under the leadership of the rational element. The goal we all seek is eudaimonia. Eudiamonia
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Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης‚ Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together withPlato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first
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According to Wikipedia‚ Eudaimonia is... "A Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare; however‚ "human flourishing" has been proposed as a more accurate translation. Etymologically‚ it consists of the words "eu" ("good") and "daimōn" ("spirit")." Although Wikipedia gives us a good building block to understanding the Eudaimonian concept‚ I believe that like anything‚ Eudaimonian is simply what you believe it is‚ and what you make of it. For me‚ Eudaimonia means to live my life to
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other hand‚ no one chooses happiness for the sake of honor‚ pleasure‚ and the like‚ nor as a means to anything at all” (Aristotle; Nicomachean Ethics‚ p.51). 2.) Aristotle explains how happiness can be considered the final virtue sought after. Eudaimonia is the ultimate goal in a good life. Aristotle discusses how happiness is not a mean to something else like other virtues. Virtues such as honor or pleasure are sought after to help us obtain the virtue of happiness. Humans tend to seek happiness
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they must fulfill‚ and said “function” is to achieve the Greek concept of “eudaimonia‚” or happiness. Finally‚ we should aspire to have “excellences of character.” To have an “excellence of character‚” one should seek intermediates between traits‚ an example being that the intermediate of cowardice and recklessness is courage. When combining these three principles‚ Aristotle believes that a person will achieve eudaimonia‚ a Greek word meaning overall happiness‚ or a general satisfaction with one’s
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only bring in unnecessary stresses and difficulties into your life. Life isn’t supposed to be a race‚ we need to take our time and handle only what we have control over which in the long run will create a happy atmosphere while we are on our way to eudaimonia. I also agree with Aristotle’s thoughts that mankind work way to hard‚ almost as slaves and beast‚ in order to become happy when the true way to happiness is through our
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activity of the soul in accord with virtues‚ and these virtues must be complete and ever present. In order to obtain happiness‚ or Eudaimonia‚ we must exhibit this reason in accord with virtues excellently. In the eyes of Aristotle this is the only way to achieve true happiness. He elaborates saying that not everyone can achieve Eudaimonia‚ and that happiness that is not Eudaimonia is not actually
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