The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense o…

Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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