{"id":29262,"date":"2020-05-21T18:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/?page_id=29262"},"modified":"2025-10-02T19:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:02:36","slug":"welfare-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/en\/welfare-program\/","title":{"rendered":"EFZIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"vc_row-69faf98b67db0\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid thegem-custom-69faf98b67da31932\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 thegem-custom-69faf98b681427641\" ><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-69faf98b68144\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-69faf98b681427641\">\n\t\t\t<!-- START WELFARE  English REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.7.38 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_23_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_23_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.7.38\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides style=\"overflow: hidden; 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color: #ffffff; '  class=\"gem-quote gem-quote-style-default gem-quote-no-paddings custom-color-blockqute-mark-added\" ><blockquote style='color: #ffffff ; border-color:  ' >A virtuous life, the mixed life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~Plato, Philebus 63a<\/p>\n<p><\/blockquote><span style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);\"  class=\"custom-color-blockqute-mark\">&#xe60c;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  left-custom-column thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69faf98b6b9559099\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWelfare is the Supreme Good and ultimate goal of Human\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~<strong> Aristotle<\/strong>, Nicomachean Ethics<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cThe EFZIN is the WELL LIVING of the Soul\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~ <strong>Proclus,<\/strong> memorandum \u201cOn Plato&#8217;s Republic\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cVIRTUE is the Health, the beauty, the wellness and the orderliness of the soul. Evil is disease, shame, disorder of the soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~ <strong>Plato<\/strong>, Republic<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6b9559099{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6b9559099{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6b9559099{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6b9559099{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey  wpb_content_element\"><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8 thegem-custom-69faf98b6c08c1869\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-69faf98b6c08e\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-69faf98b6c08c1869\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69faf98b6c2a06163\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"light ancientHellenic\" style=\"text-align: left; color: #730037;\">&#8220;WELFARE, LIVING ACCORDING TO VIRTUE&#8221;<\/h4>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6c2a06163{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6c2a06163{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6c2a06163{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69faf98b6c2a06163{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69faf98b6c460155\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>It is obvious to any thinking person that we need a different way of life from the one we have adopted as the &#8220;Western way&#8221;, one that will lead us to a new point of reference that will mark the course of our lives. In Ancient Greek tragedy, at the climax of the drama, when the problems and the conflicts experienced by the protagonists led to a dead end, the &#8220;deus ex machina&#8221; would unexpectedly appear to provide a solution.<\/p>\n<p>We turn to Philosophy from ancient times to the present day, with the help of Psychology and Tradition in the search for another way of life. The &#8220;Ef zin&#8221; (Welfare) program is based on Ancient Greek Philosophical Thought and is identified with the human being living according to the virtues. (Aristotle, N.E.1098a). The <strong>&#8220;Ef Zin&#8221;<\/strong> refers to true well-living achieved by cultivating the Virtues of the soul in contrast to false well-living as a result of seeking meaning in life by investing exclusively in material goods. <strong>Through the process of self-knowledge, &#8220;know thyself&#8221;, the Virtues of the soul are cultivated <\/strong>(Alcibiades 132c-133c).<\/p>\n<p>The virtuous life, &#8220;ef zin&#8221;, is a mixed life. (Plato, Philebus). Eudaimonia is the ultimate goal of \u201cef zin\u201d and the culmination of a journey that begins with \u201cknow thyself&#8221; and does not concern us in the present. We are concerned with the journey, as Cavafy tells us in &#8220;Ithaca&#8221;. The path to eudaimonia, achieved through &#8220;know thyself,&#8221; begins when I ask myself questions and I have queries about everyday issues. To get to know myself, to cultivate the virtues that are embedded in my nature.<\/p>\n<p>Virtues move the soul to its depths, to the subconscious and the unconscious, as Carl Jung&#8217;s depth Analytical Psychology tells us, where our traumas reside as living experiences of the past, as the science of psychoanalysis tells us. Philosophy today is largely disconnected from our everyday lives. It constitutes a field of research addressed to specialists. 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