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Excellent thoughts, and thanks for the plug. Great to have you on board.
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There's been quite a few new articles published over the last week, and we've been getting a bit of attention. If anyone feels like posting something, don't be shy, we'd love to have you on board.
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But Bohm-Bawerk really did die in August 1914!! Also, no one got my joke about Crown Prince Rudolf.
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I guess Carl Menger has that effect on people.
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Why? Because he thought that a lot of sex could be detrimental to overall happiness. As for the Cyrenaics, we don't know their exact position on this but I suspect that it would be similar to that of the Epicureans since the overall goal of both schools is to maximise pleasure and avoid pain.
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Not necessarily. They are not advocating any pleasure in particular. In fact Epicurus advocated abstaining from sex for the most part.
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Why? Are you assuming 'pain' refers to physical pain only?
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Well you have to consider whether or not the pain in exercise reduces pain overall. Also on Epicurus on the Cyrenaics, there were some in the latter school that considered mental pleasure at least as signficant as physical pleasure.
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Yes, of course, since pleasure ('hedone' in Greek) is taken to be the ultimate good (although Epicurean 'hedone' is really 'aponia', the absence of pain).
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In what sense a hedonist? I'm pretty sure I've had this discussion with you before.