hedonist
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Honorable mention: The Accidental Hedonist, written with flair by one Kate Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had he been the mere Hedonist he could never have done the work he did.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
The Hedonist seeks his own pleasure, where the Altruist forbids him to take thought, let alone for his gratification, but even for his good.
From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.
That is the behaviour of the Hedonist, he acts for his own pleasure even in his benevolence.
From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.
He was said to be a Hedonist, a Marcus Aurelius; a glutton, an ascetic; a satyr, a pattern of domestic virtue; an illiterate Philistine, a collector of book plates and first editions.
From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee
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