Ever since philosophy was born in Ancient Greece, people have wrestled with one simple yet timeless question: what makes life worth living? For these long-lost people, the answer was quite simple: pleasure.
But pleasure, like language itself, has many shades. Is happiness simply the sum of all our pleasures, or is it something deeper that pleasure can only hint at? This is where the philosophy of hedonism comes in.
For thousands of years, people have tried to understand where enjoyment, desire, and fulfillment fit into the grander scheme of our lives. So, what does philosophy have to say about this? Click on to find out.