Message from @Redneo
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I seek stoicism. love Marcus Aurelius and Seneca!
This could be hedonistic for them because cathartic behaviour is their pleasure
hence the incel minded neurosis
Marcus Aurelius and Seneca are the shit
Never heard of 'em
Whats wrong with hedonism?
Or rather, whats your objection to it, wrong doesnt really apply to philosophy.
Hedonism is just a gateway to complete emptiness. It's sure is fun in the short term but long term it creates a void that can never be filled
@Nephil The Pumpkin Kingagreed
My ex was a hardcore hedonist. It ends with using drugs and throwing money out until you have nothing left then your 9 to 5 work and mental problems
Hedonism is fun short term and not longterm?
Worthy to mention that these people tend to always search a thrill which longterm cant give them
I think you got your philosophy mixed up there. Probably with cyreanics
which has also been called cyreanic hedonism
Hedonism Sounds Great if you know what ur doing
Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that the pursuit of pleasure and intrinsic goods are the primary or most important goals of human life. A hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure, but when having finally gained that pleasure, happiness remains stationary
In theory it sounds great, just like Communism
Well of course Pleasure and happiness are completely different things
But in reallife, it does not work.
Pleasure in that sense describes things such as satisfaction with your research, too
and net-pleasure is pleasure minus pain. So, a hedonist wouldnt be slobbing away on heroin knowing the pain it will eventualy bring
Pleasure is short term satisfaction, happines is long term satisfaction, imho
It Doesn't Work Because there is an imbalance in what your doing instead of what your sustaining
If your happiness is bound to something you have no control over, like it is often in reallife, it contradicts itself
I would argue happiness is overratef and solace is much better
Solace?
The fact that nothing lasts forever and all things are temporal in this world would lead two outcomes: Nihilistic Hedonism or Epicurian Aestheticism
How can hedonism be nihilistic?
Or, in what sense are you using the term nihilistic?
Because hedonism gives no purpose. And thus it has no meaning
it gives the purpose to strive towards net-pleasure
It has much more factors. Hedonism is either minimalistic or a freedom of choice. Freedom is often increased with wealth. And in most cases for wealth, you need longtermgoals
Valuing nothing nore than satisfaction leaves a sense of vacuity
Thats great becouse hedonism is interested in longterm effects of your actions
Nihilism.... My concept of that is very shallow....
Nihilism has many versions
Power Nihilism is recognize that all existence is the will to power and affirmation
As i said, Hedonism is like communism. Great but doesn't work in reallife
How does it not work and why are doctors and researchers basing their ethics roughly around it?
Because
Hedonism can make some great vivid descriptions