" Big words, " he smiled. " But what is a hedonist" ?

" 这些艰深词，" 他微笑，" 但，什么享乐主义者？"

That's how the hedonist says we should think about it.

这享乐主义说思考方法。

Now, there's different ways of working out the details of the hedonist view.

享乐主义有方法计算细节。

Hedonists believe that everything in life boils down to two things: pain and pleasure.

享乐主义者认为，生活中一切都可以归结为两件事：痛苦和快乐。

For example, hedonists would suggest a happy life contains the most pleasure and the least pain.

例如享乐主义者会提出快乐生活，包含最乐趣和最少痛苦。

Let me just be a hedonist, trying to enjoy my life as much as possible.

倒如做享乐主义者尽情享受生活。

The big romantic gesture showed the hedonist has a heart.

你们浪漫举动表明了享乐主义者还有感情。

" Then you are an individualist, a materialist, and, logically, a hedonist" .

" 那么你人主义者、实利主义者，因而从逻辑上说享乐主义者。"

According to hedonists, maximizing net pleasure is the most important thing in life because pleasure is the greatest good that life has to offer.

享乐主义者认为人生中最重要事情将净快乐最化因为快乐生活送给我们最珍贵礼物。

For the hedonist, someone who thinks that net pleasure over a life time is the most important goal, living in delusion is the obvious answer.

对于享乐主义者，那些认为一生纯粹快乐最重要目标人来说，生活在妄想中显而易见答案。

Since Betsy is in blissful ignorance about Xander's infidelity, hedonists would say she's better off remaining in the dark and maintaining her high level of net pleasure.

由于贝特西仍沉浸在幸福当中，而没有注意到泽安得对她忠，享乐主义者会劝她最好安于现状这样她仍拥有无尽快乐。

For hedonists, the best choice that a person could make for himself is one that brings him the greatest possible amount of pleasure while bringing him no pain.

对于享乐主义者来说，他所作出选择一定能够带给他最限度快乐却没有痛苦选择。

Therefore, a preference hedonist may want power to actualize ideas that can reduce suffering and increase pleasure, for themselves and others, which should increase net pleasure for the world.

因此，偏好享乐主义者可能希望有力量实现那些可以为自己和他人减少痛苦、增加快乐想法，这应该会为世界增加净快乐。

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.

享乐主义这词来自古希腊语享乐，意思快乐，最早有记载享乐主义者一些希腊人：德谟克利特，阿里斯提波，以及最着名公元前四世纪哲学家伊比鸠鲁。

We were convinced, strangely enough, in 1945 when the war ended—and my generation had all the reasons in the world to be terribly pessimistic and give up on anything and become hedonists.

奇怪，在1945年战争结束时，我们被说服了——我们这一代人完全有理由变得极度悲观，放弃一切，成为享乐主义者。

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.

享乐主义一种生活哲学，体验快乐并避免痛苦，所以如果你正躺在躺椅上看着这视频，还吃着甜食，你可能一享乐主义者。

From the view of a preference hedonist, the ultimate goal in life is maximizing pleasure where net pleasure is equal to pleasure minus suffering, and pleasure refers to any state that we would enjoy being in.

在偏好享乐主义者看来，人生最终目标使快乐最化，即净快乐等于快乐减去痛苦，而快乐指我们愿意处于任何状态。