The ancient Greeks had a body of philosophical inquiry known as eudaimonia: the science of living a fulfilling or virtuous life. This is a subject that has almost entirely disappeared from our cultural landscape as far as I can tell. There are endless podcasts about increasing happiness or productivity or health but those are quite separate concerns. We can conceptualize those areas as the ‘means’; how will we achieve our goals and manage our time and enjoy or work and pastime? There is a deeper level of inquiry, though, that seems to be rarely treated in our collective dialogue. What are the ends?
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