Hedonism

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The prudent man aspires not to pleasure, but to the absence of pain.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Topic

Purpose of life Hedonism Reducing suffering Suffering

Author

Aristotle

Source

The Nicomachean Ethics

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 7.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Epicurus

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Topic

Hedonism Pleasure Happiness How to live

Speaker

Epicurus

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 400s 3rd century

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Original Citation

Epicurus. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 128.

Current Citation

Epicurus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 128.

Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Pleasure Hedonism Addiction Delusion

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh, erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to treasure forever. Can't you just see it?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Topic

Hedonism Pleasure

Speaker

Dr. Frank-N-Furter

Actor

Tim Curry

Source

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Medium

Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Citation

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Directed by Jim Sharman, Michael White Productions, 1975.