I Hope This Helps: Hedonism
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Great news: pleasure is the purpose of life. Bad news: moderation is key
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Should you feel bad about pursuing pleasure? Many philosophers say you should at least be circumspect about it. There was one, however, who saw maximising pleasure as the goal of life: Epicurus. Sam Dresser explains how the ancient Greek thinker can help you find the good in the pleasurable - though Epicurean hedonism is no sure way to overcome the pain of excess.
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A wise man once said: ‘Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.’ Sam Dresser emphatically agrees. In Aeon’s first original web series, he uses arcane philosophical theories to help solve your personal problems. For more advice from Sam, take a look at our originals video channel.
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In simply asking the question, "is hedonism alright," along with his pleading, "please tell me it's okay," the letter writer exposes his battle with his personal guilt... and guilt is a part of us for a reason. It protects us and helps to define limits, when exceeded may well be harmful, or at the least may result in a negative outcome. My six decades of experience has taught me... "all in moderation," is usually a good way to proceed forward. This doesn't mean life will be boring... No! It means, "sure, go jump out of a perfectly good airplane" every now and then... Just remember, to fully enjoy any experience, it helps tremendously to survive it! So, do indulge yourself and be selfish, but don't forget your parachute and balance your fun out by then helping others on alternative days. Your guilt will subside, and you will be fully conditioned to maximize your joy!
That's also what I realized. Spacing out pleasures is key to avoid fatigue, and they should usually be pleasures that improve you in some way: reading, watching a thoughtful movie or series and reflecting on it, preferably with others, but let's not forget about traveling as well. Heavy eating and drinking my also be sometimes OK if it's done with others and/or to celebrate a personal achievement. I think the mistake many people make is they don't eat or drink the fine stuff at the end of a process and thereby reward themselves for mediocrity (think: they stuff their face with chocolate all day long instead of treating themselves to it infrequently).
@@alittax ... So true and a very good point! That's why they say... "Patience is a virtue!"
I don't get why so few people watch these videos because they really help.
"perpetual indulgence and bestiality is clearly wrong, which... ... ...well okay, fair enough, fair enough" :-)
I am now writing my master thesis on Epicurus as a liberatory radical as an antidote for consumer capitalism!! this video is very good I will send it to my friends who ask what I am writing on
Okay. I don’t even know anything about this channel I just randomly searched the name sam dresser on RUclips and this came up idk why I searched it it was just some random name that came to my head
People would undergo more pain, if the positive reward was guaranteed. That isn’t how life works, especially in our now synthetic environments where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
As long as you don't hurt any other person or living thing, go fucking crazy
"The sun on your beautifully toned chest" really made me laugh. =)
This series is amazing why did it stop??
Hedonisme itu seperti candu yg ngak ada habisnya.apakah demikian?
I don't think pleasure can be obtained for ones self. When you think about it, it almost always relies on other people in onw form or another. This could mean that we can't maximize pleasure for ourselves. We can only maximize it for other people, but that means we need others to maximize it for us. I would also argue that one's ability to maximize pleasure for others, is a pleasure in itself.
Thank you for the hilarious introduction.
Why didn't this series continue? :D
No
cool! i understand hedonism better now , mr. thankyou
Informative thought he lifestyle sounds very lonely as you don't learn a lot of lifes lessions through it
No cup holder?
It did help. Thank you!!
Smoking can never kill u if u never think negative about it. What wil actually kill you is not smoking but your knowledge that it may kill u. With this knowledge, it becomes part of your reality. Everything can be treated this way, because if u are not u are not going to survive.
So, if I don't know that not eating or drinking for three days would kill me, I won't die?
If I don't think negatively about drinking poison, I wouldn't die after taking a gulp?
I know a friend of mine who has lung cancer, if he doesn't think negatively of it or completely denies its existence, would it disappear? He too believed that not thinking negatively about smoking won't kill him, maybe that's right because he's not dead, yet.
Funny
I am lost in a good meal thanks
It did help
tanks