Eudaimonia
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Eudaimonia is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of good spirit, and which is commonly translated as happiness or welfare.
Head of Aristotle. Roman copy in marble of the mid-1st century from the Greek original c. 320 BC
Text authored by Plato
The School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio, 1509, showing Plato (left) and Aristotle (right)
Pyrrho
Arete
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Arete is a concept in ancient Greek thought that refers to "excellence" of any kind—especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." The term may also refer to exce
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…really is and how it can be achieved. It is thus a central concept in Aristotelian ethics and subsequent Hellenistic philosophy, along with the terms aretē (most often translated as virtue or excellence) and phronesis ('practical or ethical wisdom'). Discussion of the links between ēthikē aretē (virtue of…
Statue of Arete in Celsus' Library in Ephesus, 2nd century AD
The Choice of Hercules by Carracci, 1596. Depicts Hercules deciding between Vice (right) and Virtue, or Arete (left)