English

Alternative forms

• eudaemonia, eudæmonia
• eudaimonia

Noun

eudemonia

1. happiness, well-being.
2. (philosophy) A person’s state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime, and brought about through the exercise of moral virtue, practical wisdom, and rationality.

Related terms

• eudaemon
• eudaemonic
• eudaemonism

References

• http://www.ece.uncc.edu/succeed/journals/PDF-files/tte2-15.pdf
• http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html