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Ancient Greek philosophers generally accept the claim that ?????????? is within our power to achieve, regardless of circumstance. Conversely, external goods - physical health, education, social standing - are frequently present or absent due to circumstances beyond our control. Can eudaimonism explain how more than a privileged elite can attain ?????????? when so few enjoy the requisite external goods?
A satisfactory account of the relation between external goods and well-being must accommodate both the insight that there is an essential connection between prosperity and the flourishing life and that there is a real sense in which ?????????? is a self-sufficient concept. The &«applied intellectualist» interpretation of eudaimonism defended here accommodates important insights of several ancient Greek traditions: Aristotle's account of human nature, specifically the role of external goods as necessary preconditions for leading a human life; Socratic and Stoic analysis that external goods are necessary constituents of moral action; and Plato's commitment to a criterion for judging the compatibility of external prosperity with a life of ??????????.
This text provides a comprehensive linguistic and ethical analysis of key terms and arguments across several centuries of ancient Greek ethical thought on this fascinating topic, making it an excellent foundation for an upper-division undergraduate seminar in ancient Greek ethics, virtue ethics, or applied ethics.

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ISBN: 9781433116995
Publication date: 12th April 2013
Author: Gerol Petruzella
Publisher: Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 177 pages
Series: Studies in Theoretical and Applied Ethics
Genres: Social and political philosophy
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
Political science and theory