Alliance was founded in 1854 by the merger of three smaller communities called Williamsport (formed in 1827), Freedom (formed in 1838), and Liberty (formed in 1850). A fourth community, Mount Union, was added in 1888. Alliance was incorporated as a city in 1889.
For other uses, see Eudaemon (disambiguation). Eudaimonia (Greek: Îµá½Î´Î±Î¹Î¼Î¿Î½Î¯Î± [euÌ¯daiÌ¯mo'nÃ­aË]), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia /juËdáµ»ËmoÊniÉ/, is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness or welfare; however, human flourishing has been proposed as a more accurate translation. Etymologically, it consists of the words eu (good) and daimÅn (spirit).
In philosophy, happiness is translated from the Greek concept of eudaimonia, and refers to the good life, or flourishing, as opposed to an emotion. In psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happy mental states may reflect judgements by a person about their overall well-being. Since the 1960s, happiness research has been conducted in a wide variety of scientifi