the good life
Living in comfort
The good life is an existence marked by comfort, pleasure, and material abundance: After years of struggle, they're finally living the good life.
The phrase often implies luxury—fine food, travel, leisure.
In philosophy, it has a deeper meaning: a life well-lived according to virtue, purpose, or fulfillment, not merely pleasure.
Context usually makes clear which sense is meant.
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- happinessJoyful emotional state
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- living wellProspering in daily existence
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
ethics · balance · community · simplicity · fulfillment · wisdom · family · quality time · connection · gratitude · flow · friendship · dolce vita · freedom · purpose · serenity · contentment · stoicism
- ancient ethicsAristotle, Plato, Socrates, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, utilitarianism, morals
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
the good lifemisery
Intense prolonged distress
suffering · wretchedness · hardship · hell on earth · drudgery
the good lifecorruption
Dishonest abuse of power
vice · moral corruption · moral decay · depravity · wickedness
the good lifepoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · penury · squalor · privation · impoverishment
good, life, goodness, welfare, lifestyle, wellness, livelihood, outlive, relive