What are some good books that point out the negatives of hedonism?

Self indulgence is destructive. You can't prove me wrong.

Thank you, ill look into them. Wasn't Protagoras the sophist, and Plato's arch nemesis?

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My faveorit meme answers are the ones that aren't technically wrong. Thank you.

Kek

infinite jest

the sorrows of young werther breh

Why is this so familiar. Where have I heard of this from before

Hearty kek

the for further readings page, at the back of a penguin book?

Probably. Either that or someone else mentioned it in conversation. I wish I had a better memory desu

Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Brave New World T B H

Perfect

This would be more apt for criticizing welfare

The Great Gatsby

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_hedonism

plato.stanford.edu/entries/hedonism/

Already read it! But yes I agree, this is a perfect example of what I'm looking for so thank you anyhow :)

I'm taking note, thank you very much anons. I dont know anything about these pieces, are they enjoyable?

Worthy links user, thank you much for the effort.

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If anything BNW shows show's how great things could be if people weren't stuck up on shakespeare
literally everyone gets a happy ending, or at least their own place in their world, except for the one guy who tries to hold onto a past that's long gone (and is a stand in for the authors love of British '''culture''' so fuck him)

>Implying hedonism is bad
Bunch of plebs ITT

>justify my ideology for me
>find me evidence to support the things i already believe without evidence

Story of the Eye

In reality, here's what should happen
>Reccomend me books that prove me wrong about the negatives of hedonism

shut the fuck up, faggot.

no u

Start with the evolas

Came to post this. An easy introduction to it.

Newfag to literature here, never knew so many classics were anti-hedonism

This is the only correct answer.

t. hedonist

OP destroyed

Non-Fiction:-

Life At The Bottom, Theodore Dalrymple

Prose Fiction:-
The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsty
The Rum Diary, Thompson
American Psycho, Ellis

Drama:-
Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, Shakespeare

godamn nigger that's a cute ass duck

Facebook quotes before Facebook existed: the book

Point taken.
Please, go ahead.

Honestly I'm surprised this thread is still going. If any of you want to recommend pro-hedonistic material, feel free.

I sincerely doubt it will convince me that unlimited sex and booze (as an example) is benefit though.

Transgressive fiction in general, Irvine Welsh, Selby Jr, Burroughs, etc.

Atomized no amount of liberation can fix a broken man

Gorgias by Plato

Modern day Greeks have nothing to do the Ancient Greeks.

National identity is constructed, don't forget

>negatives of hedonism
>Brave New World, a society where you literally have non-stop sex with genetically engineered qts
>negatives

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Spoken like a true betacuck.

The Biple.

Such a mediocre poet

The final word on the subject in my opinion.

The final words by Goonan hopefully

If you give a moose a mortgage

KEK

Remind me how. I took that dialogue to be more about teaching, what can possibly be taught.

B.E.E.

>cringie tv meme

Neck yourself

This. Every character in it pursues pleasure and tries to avoid pain. That user may've just been meming, though.