Eudaimonia (Greek: εὐδαιμονία [eu̯dai̯monía]), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia /juːdɨˈmoʊniə/, is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare; however, human flourishing has been proposed as a more accurate translation.[1] Etymologically, it consists of the words eu (good) and daimōn (spirit). It is a central concept in Aristotelian ethics and political philosophy, along with the terms aretē, most often translated as virtue or excellence, and phronesis, often translated as practical or ethical wisdom.[2] In Aristotles works, eudaimonia was (based on older Greek tradition) used as the term for the highest human good, and so it is the aim of practical philosophy, including ethics and political philosophy, to consider (and also experience) what it really is, and how it can be achieved.
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