The word hedonism comes from the ancient Greek hedone, meaning pleasure and some of the earliest recorded hedonists were Greek: Democritus, Aristippus, and most famously, the 4th century BCE philosopher Epicurus.

享乐主义这个词来自古希腊语享乐，意思是快乐，最早有记载的享乐主义者是一些希腊人：德谟克利特，阿里斯提波，以及最着名的公元前四世纪的哲学家伊比鸠鲁。