Related to the notion of 'happiness' or 'flourishing' in Stoicism.
Practical wisdom allows us to make decisions that improve our eudaimonia, the (ethically) good life.
Virtue is both necessary and sufficient for a eudaimonic life. Its practice leads to a good flow in life (Zeno), and to tranquillity of mind (Epictetus). External goods are “indifferent” (to moral character), but can be “preferred” (health, wealth, education) or “dispreferred” (sickness, poverty, ignorance).
"The Stoics thought that the good life (eudaimonia, often translated as “flourishing”) consisted in cultivating one’s moral virtues in order to become a good person. The four cardinal virtues recognized by the Stoics were: Wisdom (sophia), Courage (andreia), Justice (dikaiosyne), and Temperance (sophrosyne)."
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