But I don't think they're hedonistic.

India was monogamious

I'd consider a hedonistic society to be one that has structures of motivation that guide people/society to lower states of being

Not in the north

well... the hedonistic books are assuming martial relationship

philosophers are cope

people should be open about sex and pleasure.

Are they? I don't think they are.

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they kind of are but oh well lol

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No, I didn't mean philosophers. I meant the books from India

India was a complex society.
The upper class had sex pallaces..
but most people only had sex with one person.

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But that negates your hypothesis, @virtue

lol

The hindus did build the same sex hareems as found all over the world.

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I don't think that there is a correlation with monogamy and hedonism.

@La Fin du Monde

No. Hedonistic opinions are present in India.

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They are everywhere

@La Fin du Monde are you slow bro?

men where mean have many wifes

every great man has many wifes

Hindus value sexual pleasure and
debate pain and pleasure.

Some great men have no wives and some have several and some are gay

But they believe in reincarnation and stuff. You have to be a good person, etc. There are many examples of selflessness in the Vedas. Not hedonism

I've not heard of a correlation. Why would hedonistic societies be more monogamous?

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@Smoke, that is @virtue's hypothesis.

Hedonism is that we should strive for pleasure
and avoid pain.
Hedonism also says that this how we learn..
its a teaching philosophy.
People learn by measuring the world
according to the pleasure and pain
associated with the consequense.

Great men from the past seem to rape the best women of the places they conquer, have wives only fore diplomatic reasons, and have male lovers

Hedonistic societies are monogamious
because most societies are monogamious

I think monogamy is correlated with stable, somewhat egalitarian societies.

I don't think most societies are hedonistic

Especially not when considering historical societies.

yeah, I think egalitarian

all wealthy socieites become hedonistic