Deep well-being created through meaningful activity and human flourishing.
Reach for it when discussing an Aristotelian ideal of living and functioning well
The seminar explored how friendship and purpose contribute to eudaimonia.
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playful
the good life
Fits when accessible philosophical shorthand is welcome
Careful The phrase can be misread as comfort, wealth, or luxury.
everyday
Fits when health and life quality should be named broadly
Careful Well-being can be momentary, subjective, or comfortable without virtuous activity.
warm
fulfillment
Fits when meaningful satisfaction from realizing potential matters
Careful Fulfillment is subjective and may concern one goal rather than a whole life.
professional
Fits when broad healthy functioning is central
Careful Flourishing is more accessible and does not necessarily carry the philosophical theory.
professional
human thriving
Fits when active development rather than pleasure is emphasized
Careful Thriving is contemporary wording and may lack eudaimonia's ethical dimension.
literary
Fits when elevated language for happiness or blessedness fits
Careful Felicity centers happiness and can sound archaic.
pursuit of eudaimonia
The course linked the pursuit of eudaimonia to civic responsibility.
human eudaimonia
Aristotle's account of human eudaimonia extends beyond pleasant feeling.
conditions for eudaimonia
Secure friendship may be one of the conditions for eudaimonia.
Keep in mind
Eudaimonia is a philosophical concept, not a synonym for a passing happy mood.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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