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Are you more of hedonist or stoic in real life?
- Thread starter Sunstone
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I still don't know what to vote. If "sensual pleasures" can be taken as including "suddenly realizing that you finally know how to use a certain grammatical feature in the language that you are studying", I'm firmly in the hedonist camp.michel said:
I'm not exactly a submissive, but "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny", if interpreted as "being quite content to accept natural laws", clearly defines me as a stoic.
Circle_One
Well-Known Member
Hedonism does not result in purely sensual pleasure, as has been stated. It is the pursuit of all pleasures.
Dictionary.com definition:
1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
2. Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3. Psychology. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
Dictionary.com definition:
1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
2. Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3. Psychology. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
Reverend Jeremiah
Member
jewscout -I like David...he was pimp!:D[/QUOTE said:
jewscout
Religious Zionist
something like that...what can i say...it's good to be the kingReverend Jeremiah said:Yeah, talk about pimp- correct me if Im wrong...He falls into..lust...with his best friends wife, sends his best friend off into the thick of battle hopping to kill him, and succeeds. Then he has his way with his friends wife, Yahweh gets mad and punishes David by..killing his best friends wife?jewscout said:I like David...he was pimp!
its been a while since I've read the story:sarcastic
I think David is an example of someone who mucks up and can still be considered a righteous man, giving hope to all us muck ups out there. I mean Noah was a drunk, Moses had a speach impedement and was very self conscious...most of the Torah figures have something wrong with them...i think it makes them more human...
The computer (who is never wrong) says that a stoic is :-
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
Doesn't 'submission to destiny' qualify that person to be an exestentialist?
I don't think submission has been taken in the correct sense; surely here, we could replace submission with acceptance?
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
Doesn't 'submission to destiny' qualify that person to be an exestentialist?
I don't think submission has been taken in the correct sense; surely here, we could replace submission with acceptance?
groovydancer88
Active Member
I think in a way, by the definition presented earlier on this thread, we're ALL hedonists to some extent. Seeking pleasure is what we are constantly doing, every second of our lives. Everything we do, we do because we WANT to. Even if it is an 'unselfish' act, even if it doesn't make us happy, it is the action that we will our bodies to do. In a sense, everything we do, we do to please ourselves.
Technically speaking.
That ignored, I don't do that much to seek pleasure for myself... I mostly try to make what happens to me pleasing, if that makes sense. So I'm kind of neither.
Technically speaking.
That ignored, I don't do that much to seek pleasure for myself... I mostly try to make what happens to me pleasing, if that makes sense. So I'm kind of neither.