eudaemonics en · NOUN
Etymology
Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, “conducive to happiness”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
the unideal form of eudæmonics of which I have spoken is hedonics , or a science of indolentia
1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals:
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