1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EUDAEMONISM (from Or. euScujiofia, literally the state of being under the protection of a benign spirit, a " good genius "), in ethics, the name applied to theories of morality which find the chief good of man in some form of happiness. The term Eudaemonia has been taken in a large number of senses, with consequent variations in the meaning of Eudaemonism. To Plato the " happiness " of all the members of a state, each according to his own capacity, was the final end of political development. Aristotle, as usual, ad…
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