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Euidaimonia presupposes a rational plan of life capable of attaining the rich range of potentiality in a rational being. Aristotle is not suggesting Maslow’s “peak emotional experience”, rather, he suggests that everything we do we do for the sake of Euidaimonia 3⁄4 for the sake of everlasting happiness. Thus, an euidaimonic life is not an ideal that at some point is reached, is not some ephemeral state, it is a form of life, a life of certain character and stripe: a perfect life guided by and directed towards systematic philosophical and theoretical knowledge that seems to imply self-knowledge, although not implicitly.
This euidaimonic type of life implies making the right kind of choices, having good reasons for our actions (for our actions ought not be reactions), making a commitment in our lives to deeply reflect in what is truly worthy and of highest merit: the good. Lastly, Aristotle emphasizes the quintessential role that fortune plays for we need to have health, wealth and be children of auspicious birth. We also need to be endowed in body and mind and have a lengthy life if we are to achieve our goals in order to lead a happy life. However, these goods are completely beyond our control. If Aristotle thinks they are absolutely
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