hedonist
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Honorable mention: The Accidental Hedonist, written with flair by one Kate Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few long-hoarded pennies in his hand Behold him stand; A kilted Hedonist, perplexed and sad.
From Trees and Other Poems by Kilmer, Joyce
Thus an Hedonist cannot be Altruist to boot; and, trying to combine the two characters, the Utilitarian is committed to a self-contradiction.
From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.
An Indian critic once called Stevenson ‘a faddling Hedonist.’
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)
Had he been the mere Hedonist he could never have done the work he did.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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