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Happiness vs Eudemonia - What's the difference?

happiness | eudemonia |

As nouns the difference between happiness and eudemonia

is that happiness is the emotion of being happy; joy while eudemonia is happiness, well-being.

happiness

English

Noun

(wikipedia happiness)
  • The emotion of being happy; joy.
  • * 1877 , ,
    • Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.
  • (archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
  • * 1643 , — , I-i
    • All happiness bechance to thee in Milan!
  • Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.
    • Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness , as well as care. — .

    Synonyms

    * felicity (somewhat dated or formal) * blessedness (dated or religious) * bliss * joy

    Usage notes

    Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.

    Antonyms

    * unhappiness * haplessness

    References

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    eudemonia

    English

    (wikipedia eudemonia)

    Alternative forms

    * eudaemonia, * eudaimonia

    Noun

  • happiness, well-being.
  • (philosophy) A person’s state of happiness (or welfare or well-being) characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime, and brought about through the exercise of moral virtue, practical wisdom, and rationality.

    • Related terms

    * eudaemon * eudaemonic * eudaemonism

    References

    * http://www.ece.uncc.edu/succeed/journals/PDF-files/tte2-15.pdf * http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html