sustainable hedonism

this is what people appear to seek in this life (or any other future life); it's just that they have or believe to have different pleasures (e.g. a religious person derives or believes the religious path will bring her/him most pleasure in the long run) D.

William Barrett: Irrational Man

not a bad book but it could have been much better if he would have separated searching for the truth (rationalism, in his book) from searching for a way to deal with life (religion, in his book) D.