Eudaimon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eudaimon is a noun meaning Alternative form of eudaemon.
Meaning
Alternative form of eudaemon.
Example Sentences
“Ah, well, there are eudaimons, benevolent spirits, but in most cases these are thought to be guardian angels.”
For meanwhile the Church had decided that all the classic influences, Eudaimons or Good Spirits as well as Kakodaimons or Bad Spirits were devils.
There were eudaimons, beneficial spirits, and kakodaimons, malicious spirits. If one were accompanied by a eudaimon, a sort of guardian angel, then one’s life would go well; […]
This is precisely what Aristotle must say, given his account of change in Physics and elsewhere: it is possible for Dasein to become a Eudaimon because Dasein already is a eudaimon potentially.
Word Forms
- eudaimons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eudaimonism, eudemonism, eudaemon, eudaemonia, eudaemonism, eudaemonistic.
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