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03-28-2015, 01:17 PM
\ yoo-di-MOH-nee-uh \ , noun;
1.
Happiness; well-being.

2.
Aristotelianism. Happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.

Quotes:
We all seek eudemonia , but he thinks that it takes a great deal of reflection and education to get a clear enough conception of it really to aim at it in our practice.
-- Robert Campbell Roberts, Intellectual Virtues

They may have believed that we already do value duty, utility, and eudemonia , but it is debatable whether they need to make such descriptive claims.
-- Jesse J. Prinz, The Emotional Construction of Morals



Origin:
From Aristotle, eudemonia comes from the Greek word eudaímōn which meant "a good or benevolent spirit."