eudaemonics
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, “conducive to happiness”).
Noun
[edit]eudaemonics (uncountable)
- That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
- 1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals:
- the unideal form of eudæmonics of which I have spoken is hedonics , or a science of indolentia
References
[edit]“eudaemonics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.