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Single Idea 139

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds]

Full Idea

A good person is bound to do whatever he does well and successfully, and success brings fulfilment and happiness.

Clarification

'Happiness' is the Greek word 'eudaimonia', also sometimes translated as 'flourishing'

Gist of Idea

A good person is bound to act well, and this brings happiness

Source

Plato (Gorgias [c.387 BCE], 507c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.105


A Reaction

Not how we would see it, I guess, but this is the Greek idea that a good person is one who functions well. Anyone who functions well is probably having a good time.