Christian hedonism

In the case of St. Augustine’s Confessions, I would believe that every individual that was able to discover and analyze the text could come to some form of conclusion whether or not Augustine ceased to pursuit of pleasure at the end of his conversion. With the context that was provided through the text along with the Piper’s article on Christian Hedonism, in my personal judgment, I came to the conclusion that Augustine did not cease his pursuit of pleasure after being converted, but would say that he began his journey as a Christian hedonist after his conversion. According to Piper and his input on the true meaning of what it is to be a hedonist is described to be the pursuit of some form of a pleasurable, satisfaction or happy sensation within…

abilities and have to face formidable adversaries. They also share though the same general path of flawed heroes in literature, which can be described by using the archetypes of characters that fit that description. One archetype for tragic heroes is a fall from grace because of an unwise choice, choices like Ezeulu and Hendricks made in Arrow of God and Second Variety. Ezeulu chose to delay the Feast of the New Yam, in order to punish his village for not respecting the deity of Ulu while…

Theme: The Epicurean pleasure principle versus the African moral dimension. Introduction Pleasure seems an interesting dimension of life worthy pursuit. The question is what is pleasure? Pleasure is defined differently, to some it is the absence of pain, to others it is satisfying the biological and emotional needs, to some, it is an extravagance issue and some associate it with hedonism eat for tomorrow you shall die (Norman 2015:9). For Epicurus, pleasure is doing things in moderation,…

"Psychological Egosim." Reason and Responsibility; Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy. 480-90. As discussed during lectures a hedonist believes that all human actions are to produce pleasure or happiness. Feinberg uses the paradox of hedonism to make a point, which simply is that pursuing only happiness or pleasure does not ultimately result in pleasure or happiness. However, the only way to gain pleasure or happiness is to act without the expectation of happiness. Feinberg uses the…

In class we discussed whether or not it is a bad thing to die, if we are not immortal. This discussion was based on Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, we Lucretius would debate that it is indeed not a bad thing to die. One half of the class argued that he is correct, and the other half argued that he was incorrect.In this discussion there were two rounds, the first one allowed both teams to state points for their argument, and then the second allowed each team to rebuttal against the opposing…

Voice 1: Hey, other disembodied voice within the void of physical non-existance? Voice 2: Yes, other voice with in the void? Voice 1: Lets have a chat. Voice 2: All right. But if we’re in a Buddhist state of non-existance how could we have this conversation in the first place? Voice 1: Ah, but that is a question for another time. I want to ask: do you think that a person must have good will in able to do the right thing? Voice 2: I see that you are still pondering about silly mortal questions.…

In covering the truth of how sugar impacts childhood obesity sugar by using force, the way the Bush administration did (enter doc citation) they were crippling the freedom of the Social Contract Theory requires. The golden rule of the Social Contract Theory, which is similar the the universal golden rule that is to treat others the way would want to be treated, according to the English Philosopher Thomas Hobbes is ‘‘Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thyself.” (Mizzoni,…

pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure” (7). Mill argues that the only desirable ends are pleasure and freedom from pain. He reiterates that all things that are desirable, are desirable either for pleasure existing in themselves or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and prevention of pain. He is simply stating that life has no greater end than pleasure and this pleasure results in happiness. With that said, any any action taken or choice maken is done so because of the…

He first mentions a idea by Jean-Baptiste Dubos which is that any stimulation will be pleasurable compared with a complete absence of mental stimulation. Which in simple terms means anything feels better than nothing at all. Hume mentions that if the distressing stimulation were real life as opposed to fictional it would not be received as pleasure, so Dubos' solution to the paradox of tragedy fails. Hume then mentions another idea by French author Fontenelle. Fontenelle’s solutions consists of…

According to Sigmund Freud, the purpose of life is to find happiness and avoid suffering. He claims that civilization is “the achievements and the regulations which distinguish our lives from those of our animal ancestors.” Through his analysis of people, he came to the conclusion that civilization is counter-productive to the ultimate goal of pleasure. We will attempt to determine how Euripides believes civilization relates to individuality through a Freudian analysis of The Bacchae. To do…