Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing… A new Hedonism—that is what our century wants.
Henry’s rallying cry is a marketing pitch for appetite. The repetition of “Live!” mimics a pulse and sweeps Dorian into a program that confuses breadth of sensation with depth of self. It’s seductive because it promises courage and modernity; to refuse would feel timid. The speech also frames virtue as waste—anything not tasted is “lost.” Wilde makes the language glamorous so we’ll feel its slip: bravery becomes consumption. The “new Hedonism” sounds philosophical but it’s a mood board. Readers see how style can smuggle a worldview.