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Meanings of eudemonistic in English

Russian
эвдемония
Portuguese
eudemonismo
Spanish
eudaemonia
Catalan
eudemonisme

Belief in living 'the good life'

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      эвдемония
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      Examples for "eudaemonism"
      Examples for "eudaemonism"
      1
      Kant is an uncompromising opponent of eudaemonism.
      The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
      2
      With this old pagan eudaemonism the sage of the Rubaiyat has quite as little to do as he has with any Christian variety.
      Heretics
      3
      "Well, but in Cocaigne," said Jurgen, "this eudæmonism was considered an indoor diversion."
      Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
      4
      But she too looked annoyed, and Jurgen reflected that it was probably not the custom of oreads to be rescued from the eudæmonism of satyrs.
      Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
      1
      In France the atmosphere is emphatically eudaemonic; happiness is the goal.
      The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
      2
      The course of development is determined by intellectual ideas, and he treats these as independent of, and indifferent to, eudaemonic motives.
      The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
      1
      It is of extreme importance, from a eudaemonistic standpoint, to cherish that ideal.
      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
      2
      The opponent of the eudaemonistic account of morality nearly always identifies it with a selfish pursuit, by each individual, of his own personal happiness.
      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
      1
      Aristotle talked about "eudaimonia" -happiness as human flourishing and purpose to life -rather than the modern hedonistic concept.
      The Guardian
      1
      Our account of morality may be called the eudemonistic account, from the Greek eudemonia, happiness, or the teleological account, from telos, an end.
      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
      Usage of eudemonistic in English
      1
      Hence with the Illumination he rejects the imperative form, and with Kant the eudemonistic end.
      History of Modern Philosophy / From Nicolas of Cusa to the Prese...
      2
      Our account of morality may be called the eudemonistic account, from the Greek eudemonia, happiness, or the teleological account, from telos, an end.
      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
      3
      This assertion, easily refuted, has seemed to some opponents of the eudemonistic account of morality so bound up with it as to involve its downfall.
      Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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      Eudemonistic through the time