{"id":2044,"date":"2011-05-17T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T15:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:49:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:49:29","slug":"good-things-start-with-eu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/good-things-start-with-eu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Things Start with &#8220;Eu-&#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/05\/200px-aristotle-altemps-inv8575.jpg\" alt=\"aristotle\" width=\"200\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignright\" \/>Did you know that &#8220;eu&#8221; is the Greek root for &#8220;good&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some &#8220;eu-&#8221; words you probably already know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Euthanasia\">Euthanasia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eugenics\">Eugenics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eulogy\">Eulogy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Euphemism\">Euphemism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some others you might enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Euphony\">Euphony<\/a> &#8211; Harmony or agreeableness of sound.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eupraxia\">Eupraxia<\/a> &#8211; Normally coordinated muscle performance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eupepsia\">Eupepsia<\/a> &#8211; Good digestion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eudaimonia\">Eudaimonia<\/a> &#8211; A state of happiness and flourishing, especially as understood by Aristotle and other ancient Greek philosophers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This last word, <a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/Eudaimonia\">eudaimonia<\/A>, popped up recently in a Harvard Business Review post about living a meaningful life, mostly by eschewing consumerism.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The economy we have today will let you chow down on a supersize McBurger, check derivative prices on your latest smartphone, and drive your giant SUV down the block to buy a McMansion on hypercredit. It&#8217;s a vision of the good life that I call (a tiny gnat standing on the shoulders of the great Amartya Sen) hedonic opulence. And it&#8217;s a conception built in and for the industrial age: about having more. Now consider a different vision: maybe crafting a fine meal, to be accompanied by local, award-winning microbrewed beer your friends have brought over, and then walking back to the studio where you&#8217;re designing a building whose goal is nothing less than rivaling the Sagrada Familia. That&#8217;s an alternate vision, one I call eudaimonic prosperity, and it&#8217;s about living meaningfully well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, to understand this article, you would need to know the words <a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/hedonic\">hedonic<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/opulence\">opulence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vocabulary is important! GRE students sometimes wonder, &#8220;Who uses all these words?&#8221; Nearly every published source worth reading, it turns out &#8212; not just the literary or liberal-arts ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that &#8220;eu&#8221; is the Greek root for &#8220;good&#8221;? Here are some &#8220;eu-&#8221; words you probably already know: Euthanasia Eugenics Eulogy Euphemism Here are some others you might enjoy: Euphony &#8211; Harmony or agreeableness of sound. Eupraxia &#8211; Normally coordinated muscle performance. Eupepsia &#8211; Good digestion. 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