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Question: Develop your own conception of eudaimonia. In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle claims that eudaimonia is life's ultimate aim and purpose. While the Ancient Greek term "eudaimonia" is typically translated as "happiness," it actually refers to something like human fulfillment or "human flourishing" - i.e., a life in which one achieves one's full human potential. Aristotle claims that each of us needs to have a clear sense of what eudaimonia is if we want to have any chance of achieving it, so I would like you to reflect upon eudaimonia and sketch your own vision of human fulfillment. What is the best possible life for a human being? How do human beings actualize our full human potential? What truly matters in life for creatures like us? What should human beings ultimately value? (If this helps: Imagine that you are on your deathbed and reflecting upon your life. What kind of person would you like to have been? What would you want to have accomplished in this all too brief existence? What kind of life would you ideally have liked to have lived? How would you like to have spent your time? What "virtues" or "excellences" would you like to have developed?)