2007-12-03 15:05:13 · 3 answers · asked by Liz W 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Eudaimonia or happiness is about virtue not amusement. Amusement may lead to excess which is what we can see all around us today.
This site explains how important virtues and study are with little or no thought of living well otherwise:
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/aristot.htm
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2007-12-03 20:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by I don't know 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness (Eudaimonia) is a virtue. Though in amusement, we can sense the presense of happiness, that is, something that is allowing us to feel happiness, in the end, we must decide to turn away from the amusement in order to maintain our happiness. Therefore, true and lasting happiness, in this sense cannot ultimately be found in amusement.
However, you must also associate the word amusement with distraction - something that is outside our daily routines that has for some reason attracted or "amused" us. If you are a person that, for a living, creates amusements for others, then your highest happiness is indeed in your amusement that you create, thus falsifying the notion that happiness cannot be found in amusement.
2007-12-04 16:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by endpov 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably better to think of eudaimonia as 'flourishing' rather than happiness; that would give a new perspective to your question.
2007-12-04 17:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by soppy.bollocks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋