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To be eudaimon is therefore to be living in a way that is well-favored by a god.
Aristotle's Ethics Kraut, Richard 2007
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The Greek term “eudaimon” is composed of two parts: “eu” means
Aristotle's Ethics Kraut, Richard 2007
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Thereby virtue ethicists claim that a human life devoted to physical pleasure or the acquisition of wealth is not eudaimon, but a wasted life, and also accept that they cannot produce a knock down argument for this claim proceeding from premises that the happy hedonist would acknowledge.
Virtue Ethics Hursthouse, Rosalind 2007
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No one tries to live well for the sake of some further goal; rather, being eudaimon is the highest end, and all subordinate goals ” health, wealth, and other such resources ” are sought because they promote well-being, not because they are what well-being consists in.
Aristotle's Ethics Kraut, Richard 2007
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