Death's constant threat fuelled an apocalyptic hedonism.

持续的死威胁燃起了享乐热潮。

The primary one is a philosophy called hedonism.

最要的是一种叫做享乐的哲学。

That's what we can do if we accept hedonism.

如果我们接受享乐这些就是我们所能做的。

That's because of something called the paradox of hedonism.

这是因为有一种“享乐论”的概念。

Although Epicurus was less of a thrill-seeker than his hedonism implies.

尽管伊比鸠鲁并不像他的享乐所意指的那样是一个寻求刺激的人。

So couldn't hedonism still be true?

那么难道享乐就正确了吗？

Actually, Nozick initially proposed this thought experiment to refute hedonism.

实际上，诺齐克最初提出这个思想实验是为了反驳享乐。

I'm just jealous of your restraint. I have none. I delight in hedonism.

我只是羡慕你的自制力。我完全不行。我是个享乐者。

Where hedonism goes wrong is when they say it's the only thing that matters.

享乐的问题在于它认为只有这两样事是重要的。

For example, let's use a worldview that we've discussed in the past: preference hedonism.

例如，让我们用我们过去讨论过的一种世界观：偏好享乐。

A new Hedonism—that is what our century wants.

一种新的享乐——这就是我们这个世纪所需要的。

But this was not a zone of unfettered hedonism.

但这不是一个不受约束的享乐区域。

Ordinarily, I'd be concerned, but I'm currently embracing hedonism.

通常我会担心 但我目前正信奉享乐。

Despite talk of hedonism and immediate gratification, life gives us constant lessons in the need to be serious.

尽管谈论享乐和即时满足，但生活不断地教导我们需要认真对待。

This flowery name is featured in the classic novel The Great Gatsby, which has come to embody the hedonism and glamour of the 1920s.

这一华丽的名字出现在经典小说《了不起的盖茨比》中，它体现了20世纪20年代的享乐和魅力。

You were trying to make the case for the modern moral use to bind community rather than seeing drugs as hedonism.

你试图证明现代道德的用途是约束社区而不是将毒品视为享乐。

But, I would like to borrow some terminology from the philosophy of hedonism — which we talked about in the virtual reality video — for our condition.

不过，我要借用享乐哲学中的一些术语来解释一下我们的情况，我在虚拟现实的视频中提到过享乐。

Although Epicurus was less of a thrill-seeker than his hedonism implies. For Epicurus the best human condition was a state which he called ataraxia, meaning tranquility.

尽管伊壁鸠鲁不像他的享乐所暗示的那样是一个寻求刺激的人。对伊壁鸠鲁来说，最好的人类状态是他称之为 ataraxia 的状态，意思是宁静。

After all, according to Joel Feinberg's psychological egoistic hedonism, it is human nature to focus only on the present convenience and to shirk all labor if they can.

毕竟，根据乔尔范伯格的心理利己享乐，只关注眼前的便利并尽可能地推卸所有劳动是人类的天性。

The word hedonism comes from the ancient Greek hedone, meaning pleasure and some of the earliest recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most famously, the 4th century BCE philosopher Epicurus.

享乐这个词来自古希腊语享乐，意思是快乐，最早有记载的享乐者是一些希腊人：德谟克利特，阿里斯提波，以及最着名的公元前四世纪的哲学家伊比鸠鲁。