Are you more of hedonist or stoic in real life?

[Sunstone]

In your real life, are you more of a hedonist or a stoic? Or do you have an interesting mix of the two extremes? What do you think?

 

[robtex]

I thought the opposite of stoic would be emotional and the opposite of hedonistic would be one who shys away from pleasure ? I am not getting the question.

 

[Circle_One]

I am a complete and utter hedonist, as I believe I've admitted before on RF.

 

[Lightkeeper]

I am very stoical.

 

[Majikthise]

It depends who is watching.

 

[Sunstone]

I thought the opposite of stoic would be emotional and the opposite of hedonistic would be one who shys away from pleasure ? I am not getting the question.

That's a good question, Robtex. I was thinking of the ancient philosophers when I posed the question, rather than thinking of the modern day meanings of "stoic" and "hedonist". I think it's easier to see them as two extremes on a continum if you think of the ancients.

 

[Scuba Pete]

I am a professed and utter Godinist.

 

[michel]

I am more stoic than hedonist ; although I think that when the hedonist in me does rear it's head, it makes the most of it!

 

[Green Gaia]

I am definitely more stoic.

 

[croak]

Am I the only one who does not understand head or tail of the question?!

Someone please explain. I've only been 14 for less than 1 month.

 

[Bastet]

I have no idea which I am. It's too early to even think about it right now...

 

[Sunstone]

Am I the only one who does not understand head or tail of the question?!

Someone please explain. I've only been 14 for less than 1 month.

To be stoic is to be indifferent to passion and emotion (including pleasure). To be hedonistic is to pursue pleasure as the highest good in life.

As Robtex pointed out earlier, the two things are not precise opposites.

 

[Reverend Jeremiah]

Hedonist here.

Sex?- Yes please!
Might I quote Jim Morrison-
"Im going to get my kicks before the whole S#@* house goes up in flames!"

 

[jewscout]

I'm somewhere in between the 2...

 

[No*s]

I definately fall on the Stoic side. Heck, I accept most of the philisophical principles expressed in Stoicism. I shall have to reaquaint myself with my old friend Seneca again tonight .

 

[michel]

Am I the only one who does not understand head or tail of the question?!

Someone please explain. I've only been 14 for less than 1 month.

Stoic [stəʊɪk]Anoun1 Stoic
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical_object ╚living_thing; animate_thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚intellectual; intellect ╚scholar; scholarly_person; student ╚philosopher ╚Stoic








2 stoic, unemotional_person
someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions hedonist Anoun1 hedonist, pleasure_seeker
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical_object ╚living_thing; animate_thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚sensualist ╚hedonist, pleasure_seeker ╚playboy; man-about-town; Corinthian








Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical_object ╚living_thing; animate_thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚adult; grownup ╚stoic, unemotional_person

 

[michel]

Continued (copy/paste went all 'wobbly' on me)


hedonist
Anoun1 hedonist, pleasure_seeker
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical_object ╚living_thing; animate_thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚sensualist ╚hedonist, pleasure_seeker ╚playboy; man-about-town; Corinthian

 

[Reverend Jeremiah]

I definately fall on the Stoic side. Heck, I accept most of the philisophical principles expressed in Stoicism. I shall have to reaquaint myself with my old friend Seneca again tonight .

Im not suprised, as your religious choice follows, stoics in my opinion originally started the orthodoxy... respectful considered.

besides...If every body acted the same, the world would be a boring place. A couple of stoics, a couple of hedonists.

 

[No*s]

Im not suprised, as your religious choice follows, stoics in my opinion originally started the orthodoxy... respectful considered.

No offense taken .There's a degree of truth to this, though I wouldn't go nearly so far as "started." There's a lot of common teachings between us, and the ancient Stoics said a lot of good things.

besides...If every body acted the same, the world would be a boring place. A couple of stoics, a couple of hedonists.

You do realize, of course, that my sole purpose in the world is to make everyone a robot .

 

[Reverend Jeremiah]

I'm somewhere in between the 2...

It seems that many of the old testament heroes/antiheroes are also that way scout, in my humble opinion.