@Loki phil,
Loki;74106 wrote:Hmm... if eudaimonia is the desired final product of our striving, do you agree that Aristotle was right in how to achieve it? Could there be different ways for different persons, or are there one way for for everyone? From what I know, ancient Greek philosophers all agreed on that eudaimonia was the highest good for human beings, but differed on how to achieve it.
The difference between many greek philosophies especially concerning ethincs are superficial. Epicureans and Stoics has very much in common although they have always been struggking against each other. Eudaimonia is tranquillity which comes when one sees the way things are, that they are themselves indifferent to our happiness (take e.g. Plato's Alcibiades). That's the only way. Religious understanding (like love to god) is eudaimonistic because in depends on existence of god.
Loki;74106 wrote:Isn't it
ataraxia that you refer to here? I.e peace of mind.
It's the same. Different schools use different name. Essential is what is understood by them.
