eudaemonist

  • 21West, Arthur Graeme — (1891 1917)    Born in Norfolk but raised in London, he was educated at Blundell s School, Tiverton, Devon, and at Baliol College, Oxford. He volunteered in 1915, but was rejected for a commission owing to poor eyesight. However, he enlisted in… …

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  • 22eudaemonism — [yo͞o dē′mən iz΄əm] n. [Gr eudaimonismos, a calling happy < eudaimonizein, to call happy < eudaimōn: see EUDAEMONIA] the ethical doctrine that personal happiness is the chief good and the proper aim of action, esp. such happiness conceived… …

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