11. Virtues guarantee a happy life eudaimonia . 12. However, it is Aristotle s explicit view that virtue is necessary but not sufficient for eudaimonia . 13. Parents must clearly role model eudaimonia for it to truly be present in the child's life. 14. Because of this discrepancy between the meaning of eudaimonia and happiness, some alternative translations have been proposed. 15. This idea can be summed up by the term " eudaimonia " ( human flourishing ). 16. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek eudaimonia , and is still used in virtue ethics. 17. In this way, " dumb luck " ( chance ) can preempt one's attainment of eudaimonia . 18. Eudaimonia implies a positive and divine state of being that humanity is able to strive toward and possibly reach.19. "Eudaimonia " is a term that means happiness and is a central aim of stoic philosophy. 20. By contrast, the Stoics make virtue necessary and sufficient for eudaimonia and thus deny the necessity of external goods.
