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

non-hedonism is a way to handle poverty

And female chastity is correlated with agrarianism.

it's a ancient word bruh

Maybe wealthy societies are wealthy due to their monogamy?

all hedonistic philosophers where wealthy

no

Oh I see what you are saying, that is very ancient view tho

ancient terminology

the greek philosophy of hedonism
where based on merchants who lived in southern italy

rome was wealthy because of the CIA and american impericolonism

Just because you are a hedonistic philosopher doesn't mean that your society in general is hedonistic.

never forget about *chosen* and *exceptional*