Happiness_And_Hedonism

Happiness And Hedonism Happiness and Hedonism Hedonism can be defined as pleasure or happiness being the sole good in life. The pursuit of pleasure for the sake of happiness is the main goal of conduct. Aristippus went further to teach that pleasure is the highest human value that should be enjoyed, and pain the least which should be avoided at all costs, whether being inflicted or suffered. He maintained that people should exercise judgment and self-control in their pursuit of happiness. His motto was, “I possess, I am not possessed.” Aristippus’ major school of thought, Cyrenaic hedonism, claimed the only concerns with obtaining pleasure is how fast, physical, brief the duration, intense, and diverse it is. Aristippus believed that life is short and should be lived to the fullest potential of the NOW. Happiness is the pursuit of instant, tangible pleasure. Why spend an hour in deep, intellectual conversation when one can indulge in a gourmet meal that is lavishly prepared' There is no need to focus on a future that is uncertain when the immediate self-gratification is right in front of us. Sensual pleasures are viewed as the greatest physical pleasures. Not only is one being gratified hednism, one, pleasure, happiness, being, pursuit, pleasures, life, should, physical, pleasurable, now, intensity, ethical, aristippus, wanted, time, thought, taste, tangible, take, spice, short, senses, seen, over, moment, maximum, intense, hedonist, good, going, goal, future, extreme