Hedonism Before Bentham

Abstract

The hedonistic theories of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill are both widely known. Hedonism before Bentham, however, is much less known and, hitherto, no systematic presentation of hedonism’s early history has been written. In this paper I seek to fill this gap in the literature by providing an overview of hedonism in early Indian and ancient Greek thought (Sections 1-4), in Roman and Medieval thought (Section 5), and from the Renaissance until the Enlightenment (Section 6).

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University of Oslo

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Journal

Journal ID (hwp): jbs

Journal ID (publisher-id): jbs

Title: Journal of Bentham Studies

Abbreviated Title: JBS

Publisher: UCL Press (UK )

ISSN (Electronic): 2045-757X

Publication date (Electronic): 01 January 2015

Volume: 17

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-18

DOI: 10.14324/111.2045-757X.007

Copyright statement: © Ole Martin Moen.

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Pages: 18

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Subject: Research Article