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Hedonism
Hedonism, in philosophy, the doctrine that pleasure is
the sole or chief good in life and that the pursuit of it is the
ideal aim of conduct. Two hedonistic theories were expounded in
ancient Greece. The
Cyrenaics,
or egoistic hedonists, espoused a doctrine in which
gratification of one's immediate personal desires, without
regard for other persons, is considered the supreme end of
existence. The Epicureans, or rational hedonists, contended that
true pleasure is attainable only by reason. They stressed the
virtues of self-control and prudence.
he·don·ism (hêd¹n-îz´em)
noun 1.
Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the
pleasures of the senses.
2.
Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is
pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3.
Psychology. The doctrine holding that behavior is
motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of
pain. [Greek hêdonê,
pleasure +
-ism.]
— he¹don·ist
noun; — he´don·is¹tic
adjective;
— he´don·is¹ti·cal·ly
adverb
"Yes, grass and hash--no hard drugs. But the point is that I do
what I feel like doing. I'm not on a health kick."
"Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's--the gym in
Venice, California, where all the top guys train--there was a black girl who
came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got
together."
"Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy
and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was."
"I was always outrageous, otherwise I wouldn't have done the
things that I did in my career, with the bodybuilding and the show business and
all those things. I was always out there."
"I think that I don't remember the details. I just know that the
'70s were outrageous kind of a decade, that we promoted bodybuilding, that we
said outrageous things in order to get the attention and all that stuff, and I
have the utmost respect for women and I have not meant to hurt anybody or
anything like this. I don't even know what it says. I've not read the article."
[on the 1977 Oui interview]
"It is as satisfying to me as coming is - you know, as having sex with a
woman and coming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am, like,
getting the feeling of coming in the gym. I'm getting the feeling of coming at
home. I'm getting the feeling of coming backstage when I pump up. When I pose
out in front of 5.000 people, I get the same feeling. So I'm coming day and
night." talking about bodybuilding and sex Pumping
Iron 1975
"When I was 15-years-old, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror.
When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I
would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me."
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