Sybarite
⊆ October 12th, 2007 | ≡ Topic: Creativity, Uncategorized | | ˜ No Comments »Sybarite!
sybarite, voluptuary – a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses – damn straight.
Sensualist! : persistent or excessive pursuit of sensual pleasures and interests
1 : relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite
Bon vivant!
bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet – a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Sensualism (also called sensationalism or sensism[1]) is a philosophical doctrine of the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas. The basic principle of sensualism is “there is not anything in mind, which hasn’t been in the sensations.”[2]
The great philosophers of sensualism are:
* Aristotle
* Thomas Aquinas
* John Locke
* George Berkeley
* David Hume
* Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
* William James
