The good life
For other uses, see The Good Life (disambiguation).
The good life is a term for the life that one would like to live, or for happiness,[1] associated (as eudaimonia) with the work of Aristotle and his teaching on ethics.
Eudaimonia is term that means happiness and is a central aim of stoic philosophy. A contemporary book by William B. Irvine entitled [2] sums up what 'the good life' is and how one might achieve it.
People who hope for a better world feel the need for a shared vision of the "good life," a vision that is flexible enough for innumerable individual circumstances but comprehensive enough to unite people in optimistic, deliberate, progressive social change.[3]
See also
- Eudaimonia
- La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - Federico Fellini's 1960 film may be seen as an antonym of 'the good life' concept
- Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
- Philosophy of happiness[4]
- Self-fulfillment
- Well-being
References
- ↑ "Can You Truly Design Your Life?". Health Success UK. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ A Guide To The Good Life
- ↑ Chapman, Gary. "The Good Life". Public Sphere Project. Schuler. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hypnotherapy in Marylebone and Central Manchester". www.health-success.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World by Jonathan R. Wilson
- The Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing
- Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
- School(s) for Conversion edited by Rutba House
- The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claibourne
- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ronald J. Sider
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder
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