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Eudaimonia
A single day could overturn a life in ancient Greece. Imagine your honor, fortune, even your burial rites, lost in a moment—by war, plague, or the whim of power. In that world, what did it mean to truly live well?Before philosophers claimed it, eudaimonia was forged in a society where success and ruin were always one step apart. The Greeks understood that health, family, and reputation could all be swept away without warning. Their word for living well, eudaimonia, began as a hope shadowed by vulnerability. The very roots of the word tell us something. Eu means well, and daimon means a…
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