 One is tempted to think that this is simply a misuse of the word ‘happiness’ (or would be, if the Stoics had been speaking English). We are inclined to think (and a Greek talking about eudaimonia would arguably be similarly inclined) that happiness has something to do with getting what you want and not merely ordering one’s wants rationally regardless of whether they are satisfied. People are also frequently tempted to assimilate the Stoics’ position to one (increasingly contested) interpretation of Kant’s moral philosophy. On this reading, acting with the right motive is the only thing that is good – but being good in this sense has nothing whatsoever to do with happiness.