eudemonia
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Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονία, from eu (“good” or “well being”) and “daimōn” (“spirit” or “minor deity”, used by extension to mean one’s lot or fortune)
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eudemonia
- A state of pleasant well-being.
- 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.