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Ciro Ferri: Triumph of Bacchus

Titian: The Andrians

Bronze bust of Epicurus with a full beard and draped clothing, displayed on a round inscribed base at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Portrait of Jeremy Bentham, English social reformer and philosopher, shown with thinning hair, wearing a high-collared shirt and dark coat, looking slightly to the side.

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hedonistic paradox psychological hedonism Cyrenaic hedonic calculus pleasure pleasure principle carpe diem Ethics biocentrism Ethical relativism Ethical egoism Golden mean ethical naturalism Altruism Consequentialism Primitivism History of ethics Applied ethics

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Anniceris

Greek philosopher