The philosophy of hedonism | A-Z of ISMs Episode 8 - BBC Ideas – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.The A to Z of -isms
2.Hedonism
3.Hedonism is the philosophy of living your life to experience pleasure and avoid pain, so if you're watching this while lying on a chaise longue and eating sweets you're probably a hedonist
4.Oh, unless you hate sugar in which case you're probably a masochist, and that is another film
5.The word hedonism comes from the ancient Greek hedone, meaning pleasure and some of the earliest recorded were Greek: , , and most famously, the 4th century BCE philosopher Epicurus
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
hedonists
A2Someone devoted to hedonism.
Example:
"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"
democritus
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"
aristippus
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"
thrill-seeker
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"thrill-seeker than his hedonism implies. For Epicurus the best human"
condition
B2A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
Example:
"condition was a state which he called ataraxia, meaning tranquility."
relatively
A2Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
Example:
"relatively easy to achieve. Crucially for the epicurean thinker that means it will"
satisfied
A2To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
Example:
"a pain which would upset your state of ataraxia. But if you are only satisfied"
ourselves
A2(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Example:
"ourselves as pleasure seekers every time we sit on a comfy chair rather than bed"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| hedonists | A2 | Someone devoted to hedonism. |
| democritus | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| aristippus | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| thrill-seeker | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| condition | B2 | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false. |
| relatively | A2 | Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing. |
| satisfied | A2 | To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of. |
| ourselves | A2 | (reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. |
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