hedonism
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He now runs an award-winning wine shop in London's Mayfair, called Hedonism Wines, as well as a Michelin-starred restaurant, called Hide.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
Hedonism is based on the idea that pleasure and pain are the two most fundamental emotions or states of being.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Hedonism cut with a little bleakness seemed an interesting mix.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2018
Mr. Chichvarkin, who met for an interview in a fashionably moth-eaten pink cardigan and gaudy pantaloons, now owns Hedonism, a Mayfair wine shop where one bottle of vintage cognac is priced at $340,000.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2018
But all this is inconsistent with Dorian Gray's cool, calculating, conscienceless character, evolved logically enough by Mr Wilde's "New Hedonism."
From Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Mason, Stuart
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