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What's some good hedonism literature? Both pro and anti, I don't mind.

>> No.14892919

Picture of Dorian Gray
De Sade
The New Testament

>> No.14893964

How is hedonism anything more than just being a lazy cunt?

>> No.14894105

>>14893964
It's not lazy, you still struggle for things like sex and money, do you even know what hedonism is? Losers who don't ever do anything don't live a hedonistic lifestyle, they're miserable.

>> No.14894128

>>14894105
I dont think you know what hedonism is

>> No.14894194

>>14894105
>>14893964
Hedonism does not necessarily mean worshiping sex and money. It simply means that one places pleasure as the ultimate moral good. But does sex and money brings the greatest amount of pleasure? A philosophically minded hedonist will question this, look at examples of people who have achieved these things and see, are they actually happy?
I consider myself a hedonist but I'm not interested in sex, nor in excessive wealth (although I do want some wealth to survive). To me, right now it seems like I would derive the greatest amount of happiness and pleasure from working hard to seek wisdom and making people around me happy.

>> No.14894252

>>14894194
It all depends on what you mean by hedonism. The popular meaning is someone like Wednesday Martin.
Or the people who make those questions in this link (and the one answering it):
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/03/open-relationship-coronavirus-advice.html

People who hold pleasure of the senses to be the greatest good and who believe the more pleasure you get, the better.

>> No.14894759

>>14893964
In my life experience, the only people who are ever against hedonism, are the ones who couldn't live such a lifestyle in the first place.

>> No.14894769

>>14894194
Yes, they only care about feeling good, but that doesn't include the ones who never get out of their comfort zone, they don't do it in the first place because they are miserable, and they will face the consequence of their inaction soon enough, causing even more misery.

>> No.14894823

In the modern world what does a wagecuck hedonist even do? Drugs, vidya, youtube, sex/hookers? Isn't that what most alienated and miserable young men are doing these days? Wanting constant pleasure = escapism - what's the difference?