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Eudaimonia in Plato's Republic

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Philosophy

 

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February 26, 2015

 

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Our modern day concept of happiness is the closest equivalent to eudaimonia, but because the translation is imprecise, the meaning of the text is somewhat affected. Aristotle asserts that "happiness (eudaimonia) is something final and self-sufficient and the end of our actions" (15-16). According to his philosophy, eudaimonia is the highest good and an end in itself...
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According to his philosophy, eudaimonia is the highest good and an end in itself. An individual strives for this state, not because it is a step along the path to greater things, but because upon reaching it, there is nothing more to be desired. To someone who interprets happiness in Aristotle's work in the manner that we interpret it today, this philosophy would not seem rational...
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