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Eudaimonia: the greek eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία) is often translated as "happiness" or "well-being." However, it has a more specific meaning in Aristotelian philosophy, where it refers to the highest human good, or the state of human flourishing._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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al-Farabi on Eudemonia - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 128 Eudaimonism/a-Farabi/Höffe: Like Plato and Aristotle, [al-Farabi] represents an Eudaimonism which, like Augustine, is stripped of its genuinely political character but instead is of an eschatological-spiritual nature: Perfect happiness, salvation, can only be achieved in the hereafter. Because a community that is as exemplary as possible is needed for the part that can already be achieved in this world, the political character is not completely lost in al-Fārābīs Eudaimonism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
al-Farabi Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |