Relating to or based on the idea that human happiness comes from living virtuously and fulfilling one's potential.
From Greek eudaimonia (eu- 'good' + daimon 'spirit/fate'), combined with the suffix -ian. The term references Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics, one of his major ethical works exploring human flourishing.
Aristotle actually wrote two ethics books—the Nicomachean and the Eudemian—and scholars still debate which represents his true views, making this word the gateway to one of philosophy's enduring mysteries!
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