hedonism 的詞源

1828年用於哲學； 1844年用於“放縱”，源自希臘語 hēdone “快樂”（見 hedonist）+ -ism。

The doctrine of Aristippus and the Cyrenaic school of Greek philosophers, that the pleasure of the moment is the only possible end, that one kind of pleasure is not to be preferred to another, and that a man should in the interest of pleasure govern his pleasures and not be governed by them; hence, that ethical doctrine which regards pleasure or happiness as the highest good. ... Egoistic hedonism considers only the pleasure of the individual; altruistic hedonism takes into account that of others. [Century Dictionary]

阿里斯蒂普和希臘哲學家塞勒尼克學派的教義，即瞬間的快樂是唯一可能的目標，一種快樂不應優於另一種快樂，一個人應該在快樂的利益下管理他的快樂，而不是被他們所統治； 因此，將快樂或幸福視爲最高善的倫理學說。... Egoistic hedonism 只考慮個人的快樂； altruistic hedonism 考慮到他人的快樂。[世紀詞典]