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The philosophy of hedonism | A-Z of ISMs Episode 8 - BBC Ideas – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

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Transcripción interactiva y destacados

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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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C1)

hedonists

A2

Someone devoted to hedonism.

Example:

"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"

democritus

A2

A A2-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"

aristippus

A2

A A2-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most"

thrill-seeker

B1

A B1-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"thrill-seeker than his hedonism implies. For Epicurus the best human"

condition

B2

A 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

A2

Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.

Example:

"relatively easy to achieve. Crucially for the epicurean thinker that means it will"

satisfied

A2

To 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"

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Análisis de dificultad y estadísticas del vídeo

Categoría
basic
Nivel CEFR
C1
Duración
0
Total de palabras
357
Total de frases
30
Longitud media de frase
12 palabras

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