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Eudaimonia

Flourishing: the good life, the highest human good in Greek ethics.

Also: flourishing, happiness

Greek philosophy and Neoplatonism

Eudaimonia, literally having a good spirit, is often translated happiness but means a whole life well lived. For Aristotle it is activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, and its highest form is contemplation; for the Stoics it is life in agreement with nature and reason.