How do you feel about hedonism?

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How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by Drewish » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:13 pm

Hedonism: love it, hate it, or live it? :demon:

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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:14 pm

When I wasn't married I was pretty much of a hedonist. Marriage tended to be the recuperation period for me.
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Post by Animavore » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:17 pm

Love it.
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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by Tero » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:22 pm

It's too much work. Give me poverty, a blanket and a nap.

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Post by Svartalf » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:29 pm

Give me what it takes to have the Keith Richards or Hugh Hefner life style, and maybe I'll do it...
but being a hedonist when poor and socially maladjusted is just too much hassle.
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Post by Seth » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:32 pm

Svartalf wrote:Give me what it takes to have the Keith Richards or Hugh Hefner life style, and maybe I'll do it...
but being a hedonist when poor and socially maladjusted is just too much hassle.
It's also highly unlikely and medically dangerous.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:34 pm

Svartalf wrote:Give me what it takes to have the Keith Richards or Hugh Hefner life style, and maybe I'll do it...
but being a hedonist when poor and socially maladjusted is just too much hassle.
Meh, I had a guaranteed income, no bills, and a Harley.
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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by Svartalf » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:41 pm

then you were neither poor nor socially maladjusted were you?
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Post by John_fi_Skye » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:43 pm

I prefer eudaemonism.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:46 pm

Svartalf wrote:then you were neither poor nor socially maladjusted were you?
Not poor. Not rich, but I didn't go hungry.
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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by klr » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:50 pm

John_fi_Skye wrote:I prefer eudaemonism.
:shock: That's the first time I've ever heard that term outside of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by John_fi_Skye » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:52 pm

klr wrote:
John_fi_Skye wrote:I prefer eudaemonism.
:shock: That's the first time I've ever heard that term outside of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier% ... a_Centauri
It's a very similar to an expression we used when I was at school: "You dae ma hamework!"
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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by Elessarina » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:15 am

Animavore wrote:Love it.
This.

However I am trying to change my ways.. so far this month I have quit smoking, drinking mainly (had two drinks on Thursday when out) ...... Hell I AM changing my ways. :cheer:

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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by apophenia » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:00 am




As often the case, the devil is in the details. What you mean by hedonism matters, as, like atheism, it has been redefined into the ground by its critics less than exposited by its friends. Epicurus advocated a thoroughgoing hedonism, and his thoughts on the matter have been repeatedly misinterpreted, misrepresented and maligned throughout history. When you take into account that his views have been misrepresented by his critics, their criticisms of Epicurean hedonism become nothing but strawman arguments — the attempt to refute a position the man himself never advocated.
"What is more, urged Epicurus, life is full of sweetness. We might as well enjoy it; we might as well really make an art of appreciating pleasure. Later his doctrine came to be synonymous with sensualist hedonism, which is why the adjective epicurean has that connotation today. But delicate food, drink, and the pleasures of the flesh are not quite what he had in mind. What Epicurus really encouraged was a joyous cultivation of knowledge and friendships. He did write about the delight of food and drink, but he meant learning to experience fully the pleasure of eating even rough bread and water as well as other things; the idea is that you cultivate yourself more than the food."

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Re: How do you feel about hedonism?

Post by nellikin » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:02 am

Elessarina wrote:
Animavore wrote:Love it.
This.
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