material pleasures

Glory and splendor were followed by corruption of morals and the pursuit of material pleasures.

If material pleasures palled, would the mere fact of liberty be sufficient to fill her heart?

The material pleasures are the social pleasures of eating, displaying, possessing, and so forth.

Material pleasures are merely passing shadows—to be enjoyed for the brief moment before they disappear.

And this idea refuses to recognize material pleasures or profits as a reward for spiritual or moral actions.