- Eudaemon - A benevolent spirit or genius.
- Eudaemonia - A state of complete well-being, as defined by the philosophy of Aristotle; good fortune; true happiness as arising from a rational satisfaction.
- Eudaemonic - Of, pertaining to, or tending to produce happiness; concerned or done for the sake of happiness.
- Eudaemonism - The doctrine that happiness or welfare, as defined by a reasonable man, is the chief good.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tyranny of care
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”–C.S. Lewis
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