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someone most motivated by pleasures — often sensual pleasures
- Be afraid of nothing... A new Hedonism—that is what our century wants.Chapter 2 (51% in)
hedonism = the belief that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good
- Yes: there was to be, as Lord Henry had prophesied, a new Hedonism that was to recreate life, and to save it from that harsh, uncomely puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival.Chapter 11 (19% in)
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