Hedonism Vs. Self-Nurturing
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August 26, 2008, 2:08 pm
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Facebook Friend asked me the other day, in an alarmingly frank conversation:
What is the difference between hedonism and self-nurturing?
I wonder about it at least once an hour.
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Hmmm.. I believe they may go hand in hand.
Comment by Girly August 26, 2008 @ 3:52 pmHmmm…I believe hedonism can sometimes be self destructive
Comment by jenny August 26, 2008 @ 6:08 pmyeah… i agree.. but, it doesn’t make it any easire to avoid.
Comment by Girly August 26, 2008 @ 7:19 pmeasier… even
Comment by Girly August 26, 2008 @ 7:19 pmWhat’s the difference? Probably not much but…IMHO…a hedonistic Pinocchio wouldn’t give a second thought to poor Gepetto in the belly of the whale while a self-nurturing Pinocchio might ask how important Gepetto was to himself, and then act upon that meaning.
Interesting question but it becomes a semantics problem. We all have difft attitudes towards those words.
Comment by mrfreeze August 26, 2008 @ 9:29 pmIt depends on whether or not it is pleasure that sustains you. This reminds me of an earlier post you wrote, HH, about how some men are empty calories. In the end, if you eat nothing but candy, well, you know what happens. You need to find yourself some meat and potatoes.
Comment by Constance August 26, 2008 @ 10:31 pmAs already mentioned it is all semantics. If a monk prays a lot is that hedonism? The commonest understanding of the use of the word would be ‘pleasure before all else’ in which case it is quite probably the antithesis of self nurturing.
Comment by Mr.C. August 26, 2008 @ 11:16 pmConstance, as usual, you hit the nail on the head.
Mr. C, as usual, you hit the nail on the ass. (and it liked it!)
Comment by Secret Confessions of a Horny Housewife September 1, 2008 @ 1:10 am[...] trusting that there will be vegetables and bread and meats and even some chocolate. It will be nurturing, rather than hedonistic and it will be [...]
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