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hedonist

[heed-n-ist] / ˈhid n ɪst /


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Honorable mention: The Accidental Hedonist, written with flair by one Kate Hopkins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lathrop was already tired of these delights; his essentially Hedonist temper was re-asserting itself.

From Delia Blanchflower by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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.

"Oh well," said Parry, "Bentham was only an egoistic Hedonist."

From The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)

On the other side of the cedar, that incorrigible Hedonist, the crumbling dial, told you in Latin that he only marked the shining hours.

From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth




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