Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hedonism

The doctrine of Aristippus, that pleasure or happiness is the chief good and chief end of man (Greek, hedone, pleasure).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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