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eudaimonia

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Noun1.eudaimoniaeudaimonia - a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
fool's paradise - an illusory state of wellbeing
health, wellness - a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
successfulness, prosperity - the condition of prospering; having good fortune


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For humans, the good may be equated with happiness, to which the Greeks gave the name eudaimonia, happiness or flourishing.
Yet a virtue is a disposition (or character trait) of a particular type, namely, one that makes its possessor morally good and contributes to his or her eudaimonia.
These right things were described by the word eudaimonia, which meant "living well.
 
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