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 (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 2 “Willing,” Part 2, ch. 7 “The Faculty of Choice” (1978)
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Discussing Aristotle, noting he never addressed the moral issue of ends and means.

