We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosop…

C. S. Lewis
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We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1987). Present Concerns, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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