eudaemonics

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, conducive to happiness).

Noun

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eudaemonics (uncountable)

  1. 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

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eudaemonics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.