HEDONISM

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 11

n. He2d'o2n-i2z'm. From jSovrj, pleasure. The philosophical system of Aristippus the younger, representing sensual enjoyment as the highest aim of humanity. [L, 30. 37 (o, 14); "Med. Times and Gaz.," 1871, i, p. 392.] [s. 297]