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HĂŞdonĂŞ
Hēdonē (Ηδονή) is an English transliteration of a Greek word meaning pleasure, and is the root of the English word "[ In the philosophy] of [[Epicurus, hēdonē was the quest for pleasure that would have only good consequences. This concept strikes a sharp contrast with the words "hedonism" and even "pleasure" in English today; the former implies wanton pursuit of pleasure with disregard to all else, and the latter has no inherent connotations that extend the meaning beyond the immediate experiences it describes.
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