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noun

Hedonism n.

The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.

The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hedonism" Quotes from Famous Books

... may offend readers. There is nothing more enigmatical to the Moslem mind than Christian Trinitarianism: all other objections they can get over, not this. Nor is he any lover of Islamism, which, like Christianity, has its ascetic Hebraism and its Hellenic hedonism; with the world of thought moving between these two extremes. The former, defined as predominant or exclusive care for the practice of right, is represented by Semitic and Arab influence, Koranic and Hadisic. The latter, the religion ...

— The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi • Richard F. Burton

... certain rule on this subject is always to deal with woman and never with women. "Women" is a profligate word; I have used it repeatedly in this chapter; but it always has a blackguard sound. It smells of oriental cynicism and hedonism. Every woman is a captive queen. But every crowd of women is only a harem ...

— What's Wrong With The World • G.K. Chesterton

... "you've bigger individual problems to solve than any man I know. You could head a blood revolution in South America that would outrage the world; or devise a hellish philosophy of hedonism that by its very ingenuity would seduce a continent into barking after false gods. You've an inexplicable chemistry of ungovernable passions and wild whims and you may go through hell first but ...

— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple

Words linked to "Hedonism" : morality, ethics, hedonistic, moral philosophy