| 11. | Virtues guarantee a happy life eudaimonia.
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| 12. | However, it is Aristotle s explicit view that virtue is necessary but not sufficient for eudaimonia.
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| 13. | Parents must clearly role model eudaimonia for it to truly be present in the child's life.
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| 14. | Because of this discrepancy between the meaning of eudaimonia and happiness, some alternative translations have been proposed.
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| 15. | This idea can be summed up by the term " eudaimonia " ( human flourishing ).
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| 16. | Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics.
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| 17. | In this way, " dumb luck " ( chance ) can preempt one's attainment of eudaimonia.
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| 18. | Eudaimonia implies a positive and divine state of being that humanity is able to strive toward and possibly reach.
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| 19. | "Eudaimonia " is a term that means happiness and is a central aim of stoic philosophy.
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| 20. | By contrast, the Stoics make virtue necessary and sufficient for eudaimonia and thus deny the necessity of external goods.
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