| 单词 | asceticism |
| 例句 | As a boy I was occupied with the gods and sacrifices, as a youth with asceticism, with thinking and meditation. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Although his income was small, he had no taste for luxury—his experience in the monastery had solidified his natural asceticism while it developed his preference for solitude. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it not what he had once wished to destroy during his ardent years of asceticism? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes, the voluntary blindness and deafness of deliberate solitude, the artificial impotence of asceticism. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I will no longer study Yoga-Veda, Atharva-Veda, or asceticism, or any other teachings. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Philosophical knowledge can grant us serenity and insight, while asceticism and the renunciation of desire may free us from bondage to the Will and lead us to a peaceful Nirvana. Review | ‘On the Suffering of the World’ sounds depressing, but perhaps it is a call to action, too 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z There’s an asceticism, a kind of Zen purity, to “There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,” a new collection of Saul Bellow’s nonfiction, issued now on the centenary of his birth. Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z “Like debauchery dressed as asceticism,” the waiter thinks. In This Norwegian Novel, an Old-School Waiter Tries to Keep Up the Old Ways 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Bennett could not agree, and while he admired Boulez's musical and personal asceticism, he couldn't completely go along with either. A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z There is no danger of asceticism on our trip. Kyushu island, Japan: shrines and shugendo on the Kunisaki peninsula 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But the tempo is glacial, with an arrangement that uses only sustained, watery keyboard chords and no overt beat, as if Mr. Yorke were daring current practitioners of slow-motion alt-R&B to match his asceticism. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Releases a Surprise Album 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z In the Renaissance and in the modern age, in the Bellini and the Breuer, sometimes asceticism is the path to the sublime. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z We learn that years earlier Gameela, then experimenting with a religious asceticism, was shocked and disappointed by her sister’s engagement, chiding Rose for running away to America to study her own heritage. A Suicide Bombing Shatters a Divided Family 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It evidently possessed the secret to reconciling psychic conflicts that constantly vex the West: between hedonism and asceticism, reason and emotion, and the cosmic and the terrestrial. Art Review: To See a Universe in the Tiny Details of Chinese Artifacts, Boxes to Birds 2010-12-31T23:22:04Z Here, philosophies of asceticism live side-by-side with those of raw capitalism. Portraits of Everyday Life in the Indian State of Gujarat 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z He’s known, as well, for a certain asceticism. Books of The Times: Colm Toibin’s ‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’ Looks at Writers 2012-06-11T20:19:38Z Her self-torturing asceticism verged on the holier-than-thou, and her preoccupation with bodily chastisement was akin to that of the desert saints and anchorites, says Saunders. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders |Book review 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z The ensuing interplay between caregiver and patient, faith and denial, asceticism and intemperance, veers from chilling to morbidly comic. ‘Saint Maud’ Review: A Passion for Sinners 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The ancient Cynics also advocated asceticism and self-sufficiency. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z Or because the Wrights’ asceticism and single-mindedness sound so uncomplicatedly heroic. Review: ‘The Wright Brothers’ by David McCullough 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z We have great admiration for people, particularly women, whose bodies testify to their asceticism; they seem somehow good and pure in addition to being beautiful. What most Americans don’t know about yoga 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition of asceticism and flamboyance reflects human contradictions far beyond Lancaster County. In the galleries: An early spring is always welcome 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, Mr. Kerr lurched from indulgence to asceticism and a denunciation of excess, including his own. A Slower Pace for TV’s ‘Galloping Gourmet’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z With its nouveau roman asceticism, Handke’s writing typically leaves me with a sense of being kept on the outside of something that is cold, severe and not obviously enjoyable. Peter Handke’s Tale of the Telling of the Tale 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Like other quests for the bottom, I began to fetishize how unhealthy that isolation was to the point of asceticism. I Will Die in This Beautiful Place 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z But all of these things don’t always go hand in hand, and often Lady Gaga finds herself in various tugs of war with herself — sincerity versus artifice, extravagance versus asceticism, and so on. Review: Lady Gaga, the Flashy Provocateur, Battles Lady Gaga, the Raw Voice 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z In a world sick with selfies, Hersey’s asceticism still stands out. The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Gandhi set aside an hour a day exclusively to chat and spin cotton with Arun and, despite his asceticism, says Arun, he was a joker. Arun Gandhi: ‘My grandfather saw my anger as fuel for change’ 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z "Complexity and Contradiction" argued that the asceticism of modernism, its rules and proscriptions, had led architecture to a dead end. Can Vanna Venturi House and other landmark homes survive the test of new owners? 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The chapters in “New Ways to Kill Your Mother” share that asceticism. Books of The Times: Colm Toibin’s ‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’ Looks at Writers 2012-06-11T20:19:38Z Ostensibly rooted in sensible, restrictive eating, it’s also one of the latest examples of consumer society co-opting asceticism to sell stuff. Buddha branding is everywhere – but what do Buddhists think? 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z As a monk, Luther adopted a lifestyle of extreme asceticism, coupled with a relentless pursuit of perfection: He was known to confess for six hours at a time. How well do we know our heroes? A new book shows the darker side of Martin Luther 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Still, “Strangers on the Earth” raises questions about how it was made, and even whether making it defeats the inherent asceticism of the project. In ‘Strangers on the Earth,’ a Cellist Walks an Ancient Road, Instrument in Tow 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A billowing crimson Valentino gown on display is an example of that dialogue between sexual frisson and modesty: It is almost monastic in its simplicity but subverts that asceticism with a plunging, U-shaped neckline. Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z This lesson in asceticism, Chinese style, resonates even today, as the party elite met at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People this week to lay hands on China’s next generation of leaders. Noted: In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ 2012-11-16T22:24:21Z The roots of Cattelan’s asceticism and modesty, his vivid sense of the precariousness of his own success, are not hard to find. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Cloud Gate’s founder/director, choreographer Lin Hwai-min, describes it as “a work about practicing asceticism … and the quest for quietude.” Golden visions from Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan | Dance review 2014-03-07T18:41:37Z In a moment when so much of the design world has taken up a minimalist asceticism, it is refreshing to see objects with some personality. The Artistic Machines of Anton Alvarez 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Such elegant, sundry decoration sanctifies her social station, while signaling all the worldly splendor she is about to give up as she heads into the asceticism of convent life. 'Painted in Mexico': LACMA's remarkable and important new show 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z She never looks back — although until her dying day she will maintain an asceticism in dress and grooming that recalls her humble start. Review | In Marie NDiaye’s ‘The Cheffe,’ a genius in the kitchen tries to make it in a man’s world 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Her doctoral thesis was on Puritan spiritual autobiography; given that she was a Puritan scholar turned Communist, her instincts for discipline and asceticism were deeply grounded. Oskar Eustis: The First Time I Burned Money (and Found My Calling) 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Mitropoulos’s stint in the Twin Cities was radical in more than just repertoire, challenging the godlike halo of other conductors with his asceticism. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Detox and anorexia rendered asceticism meaningless decades ago.” ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He condemned her for her failure to follow him into Christian asceticism, but he left her to manage their estate and make purchases on his behalf. Sofiya Tolstoy’s Defense 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z There’s an asceticism to bespoke suit making that can be found in the religion as well. A Firmé Atelier suit is the final form of making clothes 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Then, she pivoted to a life of Eastern asceticism and spiritual practice. A Positive Covid Milestone 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z They advocated a combination of asceticism and naturalism, indulging in one’s physical needs without regard to social convention. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z One such set of beliefs was Sufism, a strain of Islam that emphasized asceticism and meditation as the path to a level of divine understanding that brought a rapturous feeling of love for God. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He is a follower of the Jain religion, which emphasizes asceticism, and he and his family tightly control his conglomerate. This Mogul Lost $36 Billion in Days. Who Is He, and What Happened? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Adani and his family, including his wife, Priti, a dentist who runs the family foundation, are adherents of Jainism, a religion that emphasizes asceticism. Coal Baron or Climate Warrior? The Dizzying Rise of Asia’s Richest Man. 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z In the Jain family, his close friend Madhav Dhar said, “there was an ethos of hard work, integrity, asceticism, not being outrageous, not being lavish, and a tremendous focus on education.” Anshu Jain, Who Took Deutsche Bank to Wall Street, Dies at 59 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Originally, monasticism was tied to asceticism, meaning self-denial, following the example of an Egyptian holy man named Antony. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Saint Anthony was perhaps the most famous of the so-called Desert Fathers who in the third century chose to give up his possessions and practice asceticism in the Egyptian desert. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He brought the same asceticism to his life outside the ring. The Matador and Me: Coming to Terms with My Famously Ugly Lookalike 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Attempting asceticism sets patients up for a phenomenon known as the abstinence violation effect, where a minor lapse turns into a huge binge, because people believe they've already blown their recovery anyway. We’re waging the wrong battle against opioids 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He studied the teachings of Gandhi, accepting his call for nonviolence and asceticism. Kenneth Kaunda, Patriarch of African Independence, Is Dead at 97 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The painting thus completely rejected the asceticism associated with Christian piety during the Middle Ages, suggesting instead a kind of joyful sensuality. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For all his frugality, Mr. Kaushik hasn’t committed to a life of complete asceticism. Lessons From a Year of Pandemic Spending 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z By the time of his death, however, his existence was one of extreme religious asceticism. Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família: a landmark of its time 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Anecdotes about his asceticism and quiet charisma joined to create an image of a warrior-philosopher who became the backbone of a nation’s defense against a host of enemies. Qassim Suleimani, Master of Iran’s Intrigue, Built a Shiite Axis of Power in Mideast 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The asceticism of the British folk tradition can be a useful astringent amid the sleigh bells and tinsel. The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked! 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z His gregarious asceticism—asceticism over drinks, as it were—bears traces of Dante, St. Ignatius, Augustine, and the Buddha. The Many Voices of Charles Wright 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z He accepted too a garrison’s hierarchy as the natural order: martial discipline, martial asceticism and martial mores. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “In Catholicism, there’s always been a pronounced preference for asceticism to prove devotion. But how do you square that with, say, ‘be fruitful and multiply,’ from Genesis? ‘A more open way of being’: Catholics in Kenya rebel against clerical celibacy vow 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Religion, you might say, enforces asceticism in the name of the spiritual; capitalism enforces asceticism in the name of the material. If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Stylistically, the movie is a stroll of otherworldly delirium, like a hybrid of Dreyer’s asceticism and the the chillier reveries in “The Night of the Hunter.” Review: Björk stars in Nietzchka Keene’s rarely seen film ‘The Juniper Tree’ 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The film’s beauty is complex and irreducible: Denis and Godard are justly transfixed by their subjects, but also too unflinching not to suggest the punishing severity and asceticism of their way of life. A retrospective on Claire Denis shows why she's one of the world's greatest directors 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Likewise, Mattis cultivates the asceticism of a monk, eschewing the trappings of a large retinue in favor of the leanest possible command staff. Opinion | Trump loved to call Mattis ‘Mad Dog.’ But this nickname fits him more. 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Living life to the full now means exhausting amounts of achievement, asceticism, expensive good health, unstructured jobs and very structured fun. Four hours' sleep, yoga at dawn – are today's influencers really living their best lives? 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Sexual asceticism doesn't work, because physical desire is nearly as fundamental as food to our survival and flourishing. Abortion Is a Problem to Be Solved, Not a Moral Issue 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z It urged the monks to strictly observe the church’s ancient rules of asceticism or face expulsion. Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z In a culture that demands complication, he represents a simplicity bordering on asceticism. Zinedine Zidane Has the Wins at Real Madrid. Where Is the Praise? 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z For all this, Guardiola has somehow managed to retain not just the moral high ground but an air of likable asceticism. What next for Pep Guardiola? It has to be the Champions League trophy | Barney Ronay 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Cochet said some of his artist friends dismiss his choice of phone as a hipster affectation, an artist’s asceticism. A simple flip phone is the new protest statement 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z But, by discarding monastic asceticism and embracing the notion that diligence and self-improvement are pleasing to God, they became particularly good at it. Protestantism might be good for the wallet, after all 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z A kind of asceticism was implied in the name. Farhad’s Week in Tech: Netflix Gets a Star, and Google’s Conflicted Ad Blocker 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Publicly, at least, he made an art of making do, demonstrating a frugality that bordered on asceticism. Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea, dies at 91 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Plus, society was changing and eastern religion/asceticism were difficult to sell to a new generation. In Brooklyn, a Hare Krishna Reckoning 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Before 2015, the franchise seemed in danger of being as lost to history as early Christian asceticism. A remote Irish island gets a 'Star Wars' rebranding — and not everybody's happy about that 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Sufism, or tasawwuf, is an Islamic movement that utilizes prayer, asceticism, music and even dance to achieve a deeper understanding or knowledge of God. Who are Sufi Muslims and why are they the target of Muslim extremists? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z One also detects that Yasaka is beginning to question his guilt-ridden asceticism. Cannes prize-winner 'Harmonium' plays out tense Japanese family drama 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, Kerr lurched from indulgence to asceticism and a denunciation of excess, including his own. A slower pace for TV’s ‘Galloping Gourmet’ in Skagit Valley 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s an audacious, beautifully judged performance, and also a jolting reminder that, for all the asceticism of the film’s subject, Scorsese the entertainer is still very much at work. Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' is an anguished masterwork of spiritual inquiry 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Dr. Mahler was guided by his father’s Protestant asceticism throughout his life. Halfdan Mahler, Who Shifted W.H.O.’s Focus to Primary Care, Dies at 93 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z His asceticism functions as a kind of charisma. The Party That Wants to Make Poland Great Again 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The fetishized austerity and performative asceticism of minimalism is a kind of ongoing cultural sickness. The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z When the People’s Commissar, Alexander Tsiurupa, fainted from hunger at a government meeting he was hailed as a symbol of communist asceticism and the new proletarian consciousness, and the scene was relayed widely as propaganda. Fried eggs with jam? A short history of the USSR through its food 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Why, given Thoreau’s hypocrisy, his sanctimony, his dour asceticism, and his scorn, do we continue to cherish “Walden”? One answer is that we read him early. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The term applies to liberal intellectuals, NGO workers, and activists – not to mock their meagre finances, but to deflate the staged asceticism of people who are presumed to be well off. India’s war on Greenpeace | Samanth Subramanian 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Others, filing out, said they had been inspired by the asceticism of Mr. Modi, who famously kept to a nine-day religious fast throughout a jam-packed visit to the United States last fall. Modi’s Yoga Drive Takes Aim at Bad Habits and Bellies of India’s Capital 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z These five major movements mark the beginning of humanity's turn toward religions that emphasize personal morality and asceticism, according to a new study. Did Affluence Spur the Rise of Modern Religions? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z I don’t mean its visual aesthetic, which I prefer to the bland asceticism of the PlayStation 4, or the sheer geometric clutter of the Xbox One. 3 Reasons Nintendo Should Definitely Switch to Android 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “People compete in everything from sports, wealth, intelligence, beauty, philanthropic endeavors and even asceticism,” he says. Venture Capitalist Promises $1M To First Person To Reach 123rd Birthday 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Our modern technocratic asceticism measures only the delivery method, it doesn’t judge the content. Children Internalize Parents' Guilt About Screen Time 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z All of these religions shared a focus on morality, self-discipline, and asceticism, Baumard says. Wealth may have driven the rise of today’s religions 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z She cultivates an asceticism contrasting with the opulent lifestyles of many prominent political leaders in Brazil. Challenger Upends Brazilian Race for Presidency 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z It seems like sacrificing digital distractions is the religious asceticism of the mindful new age. 3 Tips For Disconnecting Kids From Over-Stimulation, Video Games, And Digital Media 2014-01-15T12:26:00Z Rather than going back to their parents, a large number of them turn to asceticism. Kumbh Mela: India's nuns get their own space 2013-01-27T00:01:04Z Then there are the sadhus to be seen on any day performing amazing acts of asceticism. The magic of India's Kumbh Mela 2013-01-11T04:30:24Z His life is a portrait of traditional Buddhist asceticism. Thai Buddhist Monks Struggle to Stay Relevant 2012-12-19T01:56:00Z The influence of decades of socialist ideology, of Gandhi and his asceticism, of a generalised distaste for conspicuous consumption have waned rapidly. The rise and fall of Vijay Mallya: are India's boom times ending? 2012-11-12T20:00:02Z That was how the people and the nightingale envisaged it; and no mystic will be the less wise for pondering that brutal last line, the eternal revolt of common sense against asceticism. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The examples of asceticism I have cited are but a few out of many hundreds, and volumes might be written, and have been written, detailing them. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The asceticism of the modern tramp, and the delicacy and exacting nature of his tastes, constitute the latest problem in sociology. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z With extreme simplicity of life there was no exaggeration of asceticism. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The Joseppini were still more obscure, and their errors appear mostly to lie in the region of artificial and unclean sexual asceticism. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Her cult became the expression of mankind’s deep unconscious revolt against asceticism, their love of life, their passionate sense of “beauty that must die.” Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The more religious partner immediately desired to live a life of solitary asceticism, or at least, if no ostensible separation took place, an unnatural life of separation in marriage. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z This fence that shuts us out from knowing good and evil is erected by a timorous asceticism, by a ridiculous misconception of what truly enlarges human nature; it shuts us into a poor narrow life. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z It was first sighted on the wrist of the patriarch in 2009 on a visit to Ukraine, where he held forth in a televised interview on the importance of asceticism. The Lede Blog: Russian Church Admits Photo Was Altered to Hide Patriarch's Watch 2012-04-05T19:01:40Z These tendencies had been fostered and exaggerated by the growth of asceticism. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The songs are one side of the popular view of asceticism, the gay side. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Greek conception of excellence was the full and perfect development of humanity in all its organs and functions, and without any tinge of asceticism. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Times of persecution may be considered to dispense with asceticism; but Origen did not think so. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The principal examples of the first are the Spartan and Stoical systems of antiquity, and, with some modifications, the asceticism of the Middle Ages. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Orthodox asceticism also trenches closely on Manich�ism in its denunciation of the flesh, which it treats as the antagonist and enemy of the soul. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z It is only when the distinctive asceticism is eliminated and its extreme pessimism is destroyed by a rational optimism that it becomes a real blessing to humanity. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Montanists and the Novatians surpassed and stimulated the private penances of the orthodox.211 The soil was thus thoroughly prepared for a great outburst of asceticism, whenever the first seed was sown. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The fact that all who pretended to be philosophers pretended also to asceticism may, indeed, have caused him to embrace a life of denial more as a matter of course. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The conception of man's fall and of the incurable badness of this world bears poisonous fruit of cynicism and asceticism, that two-fold bitter almond hidden in the harsh monastic shell. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z While thus teaching asceticism and charity, he so lashed the vices of the Church that the clergy throughout the diocese would have been destroyed but for the active protection of the nobles. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The fact is, the first disciples of Jesus, according to our Gospels, were mendicant monks, leading lives of asceticism and poverty. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Another very important moral result to which asceticism largely contributed was the depression and sometimes almost the extinction of the civic virtues. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z But the holy gospels and the teachings of Clement were the reasons of his asceticism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They laid a stress, which is not his, on asceticism and on penance, and they cultivated ecstasy—in both regions renouncing the essentially spiritual conception of religion, and turning to a non-Christian view of matter. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z When Christianity is unsupported by some such solid trunk of rationality, it easily drops into a sentimental asceticism. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z His “temperance” or “self-restraint,” if it be far from breathing any suggestion of self-suppression or self-assertion, is still farther from any suspicion of asceticism, or war against the flesh. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z There were, however, some distinctive excellences springing even from the first phase of asceticism, which, although they do not, as I conceive, suffice to counterbalance these evils, may justly qualify our censure. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z And yet it is very remarkable, and a trait of the times, that Eusebius, in describing his mode of life, uses the word philosophy three times where we should use asceticism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Similarly, he is not carried away by the extreme asceticism of the religions of his day into contempt for the flesh. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z There is not a particle of asceticism about it. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z He lived a life of great asceticism, in spite of his bodily infirmities. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Besides this, a movement of asceticism had long been raging like a mental epidemic through the world. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Egyptian asceticism would be alien to so sweet a food as honeycomb. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z His was the asceticism of love, and not of bondage or of fear. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Even Plato's principle in actual practice has not always escaped the awful abyss of asceticism. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z But asceticism was no feature of the original scheme. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z The world grew accustomed to a dangerous alternation of extreme asceticism and gross vice, and sometimes, as in the case of Antioch,339 the most vicious and luxurious cities produced the most numerous anchorites. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Worldliness made into a religion was not without its asceticism. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The tendency to asceticism which is buried more or less deep in all of us was asserting itself in this dark hour over Doreen. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Religion has received a great injury when it has been identified with asceticism and gloom. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z And though she fulfilled her self-imposed penance, remaining until dawn, despite years and infirmities, with forehead resting on the stones, maternity struggled with asceticism. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z But whatever may be thought of the moral results springing from the physical temperament which asceticism produced, there can be little controversy as to the effects springing from the condition of life which it enjoined. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The odour of an acknowledged sanctity hung about him, and pride of race and pride of asceticism dwelt upon his handsome features. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The "Sabbath" was born of asceticism, hatred of human joy, fanaticism, ignorance, egotism of priests and the cowardice of the people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z He was a lover of Nature,—a reaction from the asceticism of the church. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z I find that young people, when they have become awakened on ethical subjects, often betray a tendency toward moral asceticism. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Bingham, I think, justly divides the history of asceticism into three periods. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z I admit that his look of asceticism has been a great asset to him in his career. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z In such a country every one is a vegetarian; for when dinner is over, to be a fruit eater needs71 no hermit-like asceticism. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The spiritual cross—self-denial or asceticism—is a prominent feature of each religion. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Nature was asserting herself against the religious asceticism of the Apostle; it could not be so wrong for him to feel those feelings that had thrilled every heart in all his ancestors for innumerable generations. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Some of the reasons I have assigned for the first spread of asceticism continued to operate, while others of a still more powerful kind had arisen. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z This encouragement of late hours seems rather inconsistent with his general asceticism. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z He could not go ahead redeeming men and lifting them toward a life of asceticism while people were talking and writing about the fact that Aubrey Gilchrist was a sensual realist. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z What a wild, agonised picture of passion and asceticism! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z He is a man without education, who leads a life of asceticism, and is said to equal the famous Lennormand in his ability to guess the future by gazing intently at certain cards. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z In the career of asceticism women took a part little if at all inferior to men, while in the organisation of the great work of charity they were pre-eminent. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Voluntary and complete chastity is the first step in asceticism or the denial of the will to live. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The same mistake was made in the Dark Ages; and the reaction from that asceticism was notorious during the Renaissance. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Therein was developed a religious system that was apparently in harmony with the most orthodox asceticism, but which upon examination proved to be fundamentally false and seducing towards the most rampant error. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z A poor woman, famous for her asceticism and her supernatural visions, Maria of Agreda, was never able to attend to her devotions in the dark, without enduring actual agony. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Decline of asceticism and evanescence of the moral notions of which it was the expression, 113. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z In more developed Christianity, we see that seed of asceticism unfold into the full flower in the writings of the Christian saints and mystics. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Dickens thought more about the asceticism than the independence of the Puritans. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z And Persis felt sure that he had repented of his mercy and was ashamed of his asceticism. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Whatever may, however, have been the direct cause of their ecstatic condition, disease, asceticism, self-inflicted torments, or long-continued fervent prayer, this highest bliss is accorded to them only during the time of trance. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Another injurious consequence, resulting, in a great measure, from asceticism, was a tendency to depreciate extremely the character and the position of women. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z In reality that excessive justice of such Hindus is already more than justice; it is actual renunciation, denial of the will to live,—asceticism, of which we shall speak last. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The passage to the state of asceticism cannot be effected by moral philosophy, but depends on a kind of 'grace.' Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z It preaches on one hand an asceticism which is acceptable to the most exacting fanatic. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z If the mystic chooses the former, the result remains within the limits of the general effects of asceticism; should he, however, choose the crown of thorns, the stigmas themselves are apt to appear. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Thus they led to results different from the introspection, quietism, and asceticism of the Indians, and the relapse into sensuality which was the inseparable concomitant of the latter. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The phenomenon by which this change is marked, is the transition from virtue to asceticism. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z For, as we shall see, this has nothing in common with the essentially rational asceticism of the schools of later antiquity; which was a rule of self-limitation in view of the philosophic life. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z We see that in the case of the nervous, asceticism has retained the upper hand. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Let us say, then, if we will, that the youth who thus sacrifices the present for the future, chooses wisely between the two evils, profligacy and asceticism. Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question 2011-12-03T03:00:10.910Z Labour took the place of idle dreaming, conflict and energetic activity the place of asceticism, and the imagination received impulses to simple and great conceptions. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z We already see here the first degrees of asceticism, or denial of the will proper. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z For that reason, moral virtue must finally pass over into asceticism—the denial of the will to live. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z A self-righteous asceticism and an affected spirit of self-denial may keep it out of sight in a third. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z There is an obstinacy against oneself, certain sublimated forms of which are included in asceticism. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z The "sabbath" was born of asceticism, hatred of human joy, fanaticism, ignorance, egotism of priests and the cowardice of the people. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z It is starvation, voluntarily chosen on the ground of extreme asceticism. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The antithesis, it may first be noted, between the temporary release from the vehemence of the will that is gained through art, and the permanent release through asceticism, is not consistently maintained. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z We will postpone to a subsequent page what we have to say respecting the asceticism of the Buddhists, and that which was prevalent in the early Christian church. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Thus will the philosopher embrace the dogmas of asceticism, humility, sanctity, in the light of which his own image appears in its most hideous aspect. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z In all this there was, assuredly, no evidence of aught but tastes so quiet as to savour of asceticism. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Between this voluntary death arising from extreme asceticism and the common suicide resulting from despair there may be various intermediate species and combinations, though this is hard to find out. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Of the self-tormenting kind of asceticism, it is not enough to say with Schopenhauer that, since it is a world-wide phenomenon of human nature, it calls for some account from philosophy. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z At and after this time, the rage for asceticism spread amongst the inhabitants of Eastern Africa as conspicuously as it had done in Oriental Asia at the time of Asoka. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z In the Kali Yug, one cannot vanquish the World by asceticism; the highest conclusion and true source of bliss is contained in the exposition which He gave of the verses 'Hari's name alone &c'. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The statue is a powerful study of asceticism. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Others again, like Ḥasan of Baṣra, filled with profound despair, shut their eyes on the world, and gave themselves up to asceticism, a tendency which had important consequences, as we shall see. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z With the dualistic philosophy is further connected an attitude of absolute indifference towards this lower and material world, and the practice of asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z About the period of Gregory Nazianzen arose that asceticism which sent Simeon Stylites upon the top of his pillar in a.d. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z This is, of course, a commonplace of asceticism; and much of Ruysbroeck’s teaching on detachment, self-naughting and contemplation, is indeed simply the standard doctrine of Christian asceticism seen through a temperament. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z His fanatic asceticism made him glory in bodily torments and the world's scorn. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The founder of Islam had too much human nature and common sense to demand of his countrymen such mortifying Growth of asceticism. austerities as were practised by the Jewish Essenes and the Christian monks. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z And out of the combination of these two dualisms arose the teaching of Gnosticism, with its thoroughgoing pessimism and fundamental asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z We now turn to Gibbon's history, and inquire into the period when monastic asceticism first began to prevail in Egypt, the necessary residence of our presumed Hindoo traffickers. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z His mysticism is rooted in their asceticism; a flower directly dependent for its perfection on that favouring soil. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z For he ignores the soul of her letters, and composes complacent treatises of twelfth-century ecclesiastical discipline designed to subject her to a mechanical and lifeless asceticism. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z As Goldziher has observed, an exaggerated consciousness of sin and the dread of Divine punishment gave the first impulse to Moslem asceticism. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Almost all of them lived in a state of asceticism, and devoted their lives to religious contemplation, renouncing all the pleasures, passions and desires of the mundane world. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z "As a grass blade if badly grasped cuts the arm, badly practised asceticism leads to hell." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Some of the most fervid, religious natures of the past endeavored to escape the sorrows of the world by having recourse to the cruel remedy of asceticism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Austere′ness, Auster′ity, quality of being austere: severity of manners or life: harshness: asceticism: severe simplicity of style, dress, or habits. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Nothing is better for Man than to be without aught, having no asceticism, no theory, no practice. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z This long seclusion had made her proud, sad, and bitter; she despised the world, and was full of strange asceticisms. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z His doctrine of self-denial, of patient suffering, of celibacy, of fasting, of preaching and of meditation, gradually produced a system in which asceticism, solitude, and penance were the prevalent duties. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z In the temples unbounded license alternated with self sacrificing asceticism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Christian asceticism also may have contributed to the decline of bathing for cleansing. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z Thus, in the course of a century, Ṣúfiism, which at first was little more than asceticism, became in succession mystical and theosophical, and even ran the risk of being confused with pantheism. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The coldness of asceticism would take no firm hold of his ardent and enthusiastic nature. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z There was no asceticism here, nor can we find, in any part of the New Testament, a text upon which a system of austerity can be founded. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I have never spoken with proper reverence either of the artist or of his work, the Jews; and for the same reason—namely, my Hellenic temperament, which was opposed to Jewish asceticism. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z They practised strict asceticism, refused to take oaths or engage in military service, and kept the bare Puritan forms of worship, in which any one was allowed to preach whom the Holy Spirit enlightened. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Any asceticism is a great deal more to men’s taste than abandoning self. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z “Alike in the Universities and out of them,” writes Dr. Rashdall on the subject of games, “the asceticism of the medieval ideal provoked and fostered the wildest indulgence in actual life.” Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z When any one speaks of the morality, pure and simple, inculcated by Sakya Muni and Jesus, it is a fair question to ask whether asceticism is included therein. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The new Sultan, Hakam, was not indifferent to religion or in any way a reprobate; but he was gay and sociable, and enjoyed life as it came to him, without the slightest leaning towards asceticism. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Only the Quaker out-puritaned the Puritan,—was much more consistent in his fanatical purism, scrawny asceticism, and contempt for distinguished manners and the noble imaginative arts. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z So asceticism, like many another tendency and habit, grows by indulgence, and demands abstinence ever more rigid and separation ever more complete. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z So then, though asceticism be sometimes good, it is consciously not the highest nor the most effective goodness. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The contempt which has been poured upon the idea of asceticism in recent times has contributed more than anything else towards effeminacy. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z Shall we try to conquer all earthly appetites by a thorough-going asceticism, and cultivate those spiritual emotions which can only find full satisfaction in another and a better world? Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z A really enlightened society would rank comparatively low the virtue of asceticism. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z But no asceticisms and no resolves will do what we want. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z In the face of all asceticisms, as of all stoicisms, Gethsemane is the eternal protest that every part of human nature is entitled to be heard, provided that the spirit retains the arbitration over all. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z In her young asceticism she relinquishes a world of which she is ignorant, stifling every impulse, however innocent, that seems opposed to her new faith. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Saints and philosophers in all ages, have denounced the excessive love of material enjoyments, and set examples of a more or less thorough-going asceticism. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Warfare, religious segregation, and the spread of asceticism were the chief reasons for this; the ideals of both Christian and Pagan were opposed to personal and public hygiene. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z The East is the home of religion, of emotion, of asceticism, of the victory of the mind over the body. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The enthusiasm, the extravagance, the fanaticism, the passive trust, the active intolerance, the asceticism, the arbitrariness, bespeak in the one case as in the other, the presence of an intense but narrow spirit. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The system of physical culture which gives this stupendous endurance is called asceticism. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Morality pitilessly prescribes her laws, unheeding the weakness of poor human hearts, asceticism helps them to submit to them. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z There had been a tendency toward asceticism from the very beginning of Christianity. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z This voluntary sacrifice of earthly delights, this asceticism caused by moral sufferings, strikingly reminds us of Christianity and the origin of our religious orders. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Farīd was a voluminous writer, and left no fewer than 120,000 couplets of poetry, though in his later years he carried his asceticism so far as to deny himself the pleasures of poetical composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Modern idealism and ancient naturalism both emphasise, though for opposite motives, the importance of a positive education in distinction to the negative discipline inculcated by medi�val asceticism. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Morality has only the reward of the world, asceticism of Heaven! On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z They accepted the New Testament and interpreted it according to their dualistic theory as a law of asceticism, herein corresponding to the church's interpretation. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z The Princess Gallitzin, on the contrary, had an imposing countenance, the expression of which presented a strange mixture of shrewdness, asceticism, sternness, and raillery. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z It is said, but some historians doubt the story, that, instead of leading a life of asceticism, he spent his revenues in furthering his own luxury and enjoyment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Some of their orders permitted marriage, while others were celibate, but all, without distinction, passed an existence of severe asceticism. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Morality made Mary Magdalene an outcast, asceticism led her to the Lord and obtained His mercy for her. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z It was to them a new law, a law of asceticism, of self-denial, and they kept to it as strictly as possible. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z Mingled with this grateful asceticism was the quaint contrast of a peculiar Spanish luxuriousness. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z No poet free, as Browning is, from the taint of asceticism has ever treated the passion of love in a manner so little physical as he. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z I believe all manner of asceticism to be the vilest blasphemy—blasphemy towards the whole of the human race. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z And what had pallid asceticism to do with her? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z In ethics, if we have placed Kant and stoicism far above epicureanism and Helvetius, we have guarded ourselves against an insensibility and an asceticism which are contrary to human nature. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Forbes was a patriot without ostentation or pretence, a true Scotsman with no narrow prejudice, an accomplished and even erudite scholar without pedantry, a man of genuine piety without asceticism or intolerance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Jovinian could not fail to observe in his unhappy host a vain-glorious exaltation of self, and a spirit of pride combined with a false humility, which the system of asceticism was so calculated to foster. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Modern simplicity must show the spareness of asceticism, not the leanness of an�mia. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z This would be admirable if, instead of Burgomaster of Ammergau, I were Grand Master of an Order for the practice of spiritual asceticism--and Ammergau were a Trappist monastery. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Through fear of asceticism, the philosophy of the eighteenth century forgot the care of internal perfection, and only considered the virtues useful to society. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z The sect appears to have been an outcome of Jewish mysticism and asceticism, which gradually assumed the form of a distinct organization. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The long practice of asceticism, had removed his spirit from the present. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Ideal love, asceticism, religion, the virtues of the Christian and the knight, are not for him. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z For in the true asceticism, whatever its degree, there is always action to a certain end, to a perceived good. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z In this drama we see magic checkmated by miracles, doubt yielding to faith, purity resisting temptation, passion transformed into zeal, and all the glories of the world collapsing before disillusion and asceticism. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z This unnatural development of asceticism appears in early Christian ages, its votaries acting on the texts Matt. xix. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The Indian mind has always been disposed to believe that power and knowledge may be obtained by extreme asceticism, by fasting, sleeplessness, and self-torment, and these ideas Gautama now put to the test. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z She is both an emblem of passion, sanctified by nature, and liberated from the bondage of asceticism, and also an emblem of ideal beauty, recovered from the past, and worshiped by a scholar-artist. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Ruskin calls this a narrow asceticism; perhaps it was rather the result of a very subtle aestheticism. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z In their speculative hints respecting the soul and a future state, we find another important deviation from Judaism, and the explanation of their asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This mingling predestinated him to that eternal discontent of certain great natures who can just as little accustom themselves, on the earth, to a condition of bloodless asceticism as to one of mindless materialism. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Here of a sudden the reverse side of Roman Catholicism, whose passion was immortalised in Le Cloître, is rent open; its pitilessness and asceticism; its obstinate effort to overthrow the irrefragable joy of life. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z That obscene antipathy to nature which characterized medieval asceticism, becomes poetic in a lunatic of genius like Jacopone. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I don't know; but if he does not, his discipline is not asceticism at all, but folly, and impious folly, too. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z In matters of dress the asceticism of the society was very pronounced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The Fratres investigate the occult sciences; but I am not aware that any of them now practice asceticism, or expect to prolong life on earth indefinitely. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z Philip II. shapes the tragedy of the Antichrist, the contrast of Spain and Belgium, of sensuality and asceticism. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z And while such luxe asceticism may seem like a shortsighted method of avoiding the gym, it does represent some sort of revolution in crash dieting. Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels 2011-02-19T02:01:00Z His early asceticism seems to have imbued him with a love of the marvellous; and his religious zeal served only to increase his credulity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z But deliverance from this cycle of existences, which is conceived as misery, is promised by means of speculation and asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Most of the mystic poetry of the world, especially that centering around asceticism and dogma, has importance only for the believer in the mystic's philosophy. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z There is nothing monkish about Ellicomb, nor is his asceticism overdone. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z It cannot elevate and change us without mortifying our lower nature:—here is the principle of asceticism. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The asceticism of this noble brotherhood was no morbid and divisive fanaticism; it was a denial of themselves that they might have the more to give. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z She saw the need to Fallaray, as to other such men in his position, of a secret romance,—stolen meetings, brief escapes, entrancing interludes, and the desire—the paradox of asceticism—for feminine charms. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Nor is an unwarranted asceticism in poetry calculated to raise its tone. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The mask of asceticism concealed an infernal knave gifted with superior intelligence. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Immediately on the overthrow of the heathen power, two movements simultaneously ran through the world from East to West, as quickly as the lightning in the prophecy, a development of worship and of asceticism. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism, which has been gradually compromised away into one of legality. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z There have been times when love of distinction gratified itself in poverty and filth and asceticism. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Sufism or Persian mysticism began in asceticism and ended in pantheism. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z There was a sterilized purity about parts of his work—an uncompromising thunder against the fleshly trends of living—to which she could only associate asceticism, celibacy, and mystic power. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Their religious doctrines gave them a gloomy asceticism of character, and an intolerance of other men’s opinions quite remarkable. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Mexico had its solitaries or hermits, too, who sought to enter into closer communion with the gods by living in the desert under conditions of the severest asceticism. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z I am in sympathy with most of Tolstoy's work, tho there are many of his ideas with which I absolutely disagree—his asceticism, for instance, and his doctrine of non-resistance. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z The Lord's Prayer does not teach asceticism, but it certainly condemns luxury, and implies that the physical nature requires a minimum rather than a maximum of attention and care. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z This Anglo-Saxon piety, in the form of trust and adaptability, reaches somewhat the same insight that more speculative religions have reached through asceticism, the insight that we must renounce our wills and deny ourselves. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z I know him better, his strength and his weakness, now—his asceticism, his resolution, his tenderness. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z There was a system of Mexican asceticism, too, specially characterized by the long fasts which the faithful, and more particularly the priests, endured. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z "Against frugality, selling emphasized prodigality; against asceticism, the lavish display." Death of a salesman: the once-familiar figure at the door is rarely seen these days 2010-09-25T23:16:00Z One senses that it is the tough days that Trott really relishes, days when he can give his asceticism full rein. Tireless Trott allows Stuart Broad to display his talent with the bat 2010-08-27T20:56:00Z Now they associate with bankers obsessed with the security of bonds, and therefore with budgetary asceticism. Osborne must hold his VAT hike to avert the double dip 2010-07-13T19:00:00Z Even as Price’s most important papers were appearing, he was turning away from science and embracing a life of Christian asceticism. Book Review - The Price of Altruism - By Oren Harman 2010-07-09T15:49:00Z Technological progress, not nostalgia or asceticism, is the only reliable way for greens’ visions of “sustainability” to be sustained. Findings: Earth Day Challenge: 7 New Rules for the Environment 2010-04-19T22:55:00Z The book also said that when he was a bishop, he often slept on the bare floor so he could practice self-denial and asceticism. 2010-01-27T07:17:00Z The latter is as a rule less cruel and rigorous than primitive forms of asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The last of the English authors who seems to have seriously advanced the theory is to be found in the rigid disciple of asceticism, Thomas Becon. A Cursory History of Swearing Subsequently he gave himself up to a life of solitary asceticism in a Bithynian monastery, and is said, probably wrongly, to have remained some time in a monastery on Mount Athos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" That nirjará is "ancillary" which is rendered by asceticism a means to the attainment of the highest good. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy At first, an appearance of asceticism disguised the danger. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is time to pass on to Buddhist asceticism, in its essence a more ethical and philosophical product than some of the forms so far considered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Thus there were ascetics among the Jews previous to Christ, and asceticism was inculcated by the Stoics, while in its most extreme form it may still be seen among the Brahmans and Buddhists. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He is said to have gained the admiration of his fellows by the extreme rigour of his asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" With this pantheistic Gnosticism is associated a severe asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" But he early devoted himself to the severe asceticism of the Pythagorean sect, wore pure linen, abstained from wine and flesh, observed the five years of silence, and made the temple his home. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The keynote of Buddhist asceticism is deliverance from life and its inevitable suffering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It must also be borne in mind that in the history of asceticism, pagan, Christian, Jewish, and Mohammedan, we are often dealing not only with religious but distinctly abnormal temperaments. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Is it an inherited asceticism, bidding us beware of pleasure as such? The Jonathan Papers The natural concomitant in conduct of such a belief is an uncompromising asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The bottomless corruption of Vienna is notorious; and much of it is traceable to a species of political asceticism,—to artificial restrictions other than religious, but producing similar effects. How to Observe Morals and Manners We may therefore expect in primitive asceticism to find many abstentions and much self-torture apparently valueless for the training of character and discipline of the feelings, which are the essence of any healthy asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In the full-blooded asceticism of Oxford Michael censured his own behavior when he was seventeen and looked back with some dismay on the view of himself at that time as it appeared to him now. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But the Bogomils did not go as far as to recommend asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The world of women, all the lighter and quieter joys of life, he had, with the fierce asceticism of the young reformer, thrust so resolutely behind him. The Missioner There is too much pain attendant upon grossness to justify the boast of ease; and too much effort in asceticism to admit of the grace of simplicity. How to Observe Morals and Manners It was the glory of St. Benedict's reform, to have substituted bodily labour for the supine indolence of oriental asceticism. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 I had known him in Dublin where he had been accustomed to interrupt long periods of asceticism, in which he would eat vegetables and drink water, with brief outbreaks of what he considered the devil. The Trembling of the Veil Still the good monks continued to live in rigorous asceticism; and their liberality to others often reduced them to extremities of privation. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Like all asceticism, it could not continue as a permanent condition. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Another thing to be carefully remembered is, that asceticism and licentiousness universally coexist. How to Observe Morals and Manners As religious asceticism became dominant, the sacrament was taken fasting; it appeared unseemly that men and women should meet together for such purposes, and the ἀγάπαι fell out of repute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Hence their ethical views end in a rigorous and unbalanced asceticism. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy He now initiated an asceticism as severe in its discipline as that of St. Francis of Assisi on the Umbrian hills. Lafcadio Hearn The assistance of a vicar enabled him to escape from the growing administrative cares and devote himself solely to asceticism, apparently the only field of human activity in which he excelled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" No high degree of this sanctity can be looked for till that moderation is attained which, during the prevalence of asceticism and its opposite, is reached only by a few. How to Observe Morals and Manners Such a method of thought was entirely introspective, and it turned the mind “wholly to hope, asceticism and the contemplation of God in worship.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" This, in fact, was their definition of virtue, complete renunciation of everything that, for ordinary men, makes life worth living, absolute asceticism, and rigorous self-mortification. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The count, who was named viceroy of Navarre by Philip II., was an able public servant in whom religious zeal was carried to the point of inhuman asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Still do we carry the ban of the early philosophy that assumed materials and "the flesh" to be evil, and that found a way of escape only in renunciation and asceticism. The Holy Earth He then in despair entered the Franciscan order and at once gave himself up to the most rigorous asceticism, violently defending the ideal of strict observance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Margot, I am obliged to own, contributed but little to aid my pious purpose; her gay and joyous nature had no sympathy with asceticism and restraint. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Hence the intense earnestness and almost miraculous heights of fanatical asceticism, to which the Stoics attained. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Hence the life of reason turns with him to mysticism in theory and to asceticism in practice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" He died on the 19th of August, 1662, having long lived in retirement and asceticism, giving much of his substance to the poor, and abandoning himself almost entirely to religious, mathematical, and philosophical meditation. A Short History of French Literature She had no acquaintance with that asceticism produced by devotion to the intellect. Carnival He was, however, born in the midst of wealth; thus frugality became asceticism, and in so far as he demanded the same rigour from his relatives, he grew unjust and caused uneasiness and discontent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" To suppress art in favour of philosophy would be a mistake precisely parallel to the moral error of asceticism. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Unconsciously, Spinoza reproduces the principle of asceticism, while in words he utterly rejects it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" But they practised an excessive asceticism and were apt to abandon their work in order to live as hermits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" He agreed with his ideas, but thought them strangely mixed with an ecclesiastical asceticism which he merely interpreted into the language of the world. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine All art is, indeed, a monotony in external things for the sake of an interior variety, a sacrifice of gross effects to subtle effects, an asceticism of the imagination. Ideas of Good and Evil Equally free from asceticism and indulgence, she treads the golden path. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Or, to put the same thing in ethical language, Spinoza teaches a morality which is in every point the opposite of asceticism, a morality of self-assertion or self-seeking, and not of self-denial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Before the Norman Conquest the church had relapsed into deadness: English bishops were political partisans, the clergy were married, and discipline and asceticism, then the recognized condition of holiness, were extinct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Tarentum alone, partly from Spartan origin, partly through stress of local conditions, shows traces of militant asceticism for a while. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Such external forms of asceticism were prescribed and practiced by many tribes and some of the historical religions. Jewish Theology At Clairvaux, in a valley so dismal as to have won the name of the Valley of Wormwood, lived the very incarnation of asceticism, stern religious orthodoxy, and uncompromising conservatism--Saint Bernard. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) There was a Jewish asceticism—similar to what is found frequently among orientals, and was practised in Europe among the Pythagoreans—which required men to abstain from animal food altogether and from wine. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Characteristic of Syrian asceticism were the pillar hermits who passed their lives upon the top of lofty pillars. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. A life of asceticism and penance too often extinguishes sympathy with human suffering, and leads its votaries to regard the sharpest remedies as the most effectual for the cure of spiritual error. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 If the villa life of Italy might prove a severe trial of temper and spirits to most persons, to young Gerald, trained in all the asceticism of a convent, it was a perfect paradise. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Having discovered what they regarded as a divine command for abstinence, asceticism in all its rigors ensued. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Mr. Greeley bears witness also to the fact that this ready spirit of self-sacrifice in Margaret did not spring either from any asceticism of temperament or from an undervaluation of material advantages. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) The chief characteristics of early Christian asceticism were celibacy, fasting, prayer, surrender of worldly goods, and the adoption of a hermit’s life. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. There was no mortification, no asceticism, which I did not practise to excess. The Scarlet Banner It is true that, emerging from the sickening asceticism and rising above the theological squabbles of the time, are mighty men and women of didactic and also of moral renown. Women of Early Christianity But the doctrine of asceticism and, with it, the abnegation of whatever Rome loved, angered, creating first calumny, then persecution. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The place wears an aspect of poverty and neglect; its best days have long gone by; for here, as everywhere else, the spirit of asceticism is on the wane. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant He discouraged excessive asceticism and emphasized the value of useful toil. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The asceticism is so gentle and tender, the credulity so childish and poetical, that the ridiculous itself ceases to be so. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Fantastic forms of asceticism have banished women from the society of those who were trying to lead the perfect life. Women of Early Christianity His large nature, impetuously reacting from the asceticism to which he had been bred, turned to excess and overboldness in action, and an occasional coarseness of phrasing in his poems. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Have we not learned by this time the folly of every form of asceticism, of every attempt to trample upon God's gifts as evil instead of using them for good? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 At the same time it shows that, as in the case of Buddha, asceticism fails to afford any lasting comfort or peace to the weary storm-tossed soul. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The caste have ceased to conform to the primitive discipline, and the old asceticism is now confined to individual devotees. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The asceticism of celibacy seemed to them an easier way to escape the contamination of the world than that which led through the honorable path of married life. Women of Early Christianity At this period he was evidently inclined to an irregular attack on the only forms of Christianity familiar to him, asceticism and pietism. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Paul had a qualified tendency to asceticism, but he shows excellent good sense in his discussion of these delicate matters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The Mexican priests, named papas, wore long hair, practised asceticism, gashed their breasts, arms and legs and pierced their ears and tongues. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Christian asceticism, in the corruption of the Pagan systems, led logically to the cloister and the hermitage. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion The Old Testament gradually gave way to the synoptic gospels of the New, while asceticism dropped away like a mantle. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Compulsory asceticism has bred misogyny, and misogyny scruples. Ancestors A Novel Besides these troubles from heathenism there were questions of asceticism; the Greek reaction against naturalism held that nature was vile and marriage wrong. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Certainly the asceticism and ritualism might so be interpreted, for there was among the Jews of the Dispersion an increasing tendency to asceticism, by way of protest against the excesses of the Gentiles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The day for asceticism is gone, or shall we say the night? The Kempton-Wace Letters Its loyalty has frequently been a one-sided loyalty which prided itself on its asceticism. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance "The class is not always remarkable for its asceticism," said Isabel, dryly. Ancestors A Novel But control does not mean asceticism which aims at complete subjugation of sexual instincts and would annihilate them if that were biologically possible. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life Redemption from sin can come only through asceticism and the mortification of the flesh. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive But the predominance of asceticism has been grossly exaggerated. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I But the day of an irrational asceticism has passed. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The frugality of his life bordered on asceticism. The Philosophy of Spinoza The early Christians, disgusted with the sexual degradation of the paganistic and materialistic Romans, preached a doctrine of sexual asceticism as the ideal for those who would rise to the heights of spiritual life. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life The Reason for the Raising of this Question was the development of certain false religious beliefs among which were, "asceticism, the worship of angels, revelings in supposed visions and belief in emanations." Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive We must, therefore, seek elsewhere than in asceticism, necessarily limited, and excluding the poetry-reading public, for an explanation of this peculiarity of mediæval poetry. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I A strong wave of asceticism spread from the East to the West and carried with it doctrines based on the metaphysical extension of the contrast between light and darkness, good and evil. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance He abhors the self-suppression of asceticism; he derides chastity, humility, mortification—every virtue which we are accustomed to associate with the Christian faith. German Problems and Personalities The bright outlook of æsthetics rather than the dark one of asceticism should prevail, for sex-instincts and processes are essentially pure and beautiful phases of that wonderful something we call "life." Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life But his personal character shows in quaint exaggeration the same asceticism that in less sour and more negative form deprives even his finest music of the glow of that lofty inspiration that fears nothing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" A proud self-denying asceticism had given way to trivialities and superficialities. Jena or Sedan? This dualism with its accompanying asceticism is to be found in the Persian religion, in India, in later Jewish thought, in the Orphic cults of Greece and even in Plato. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance And the unhealthily demonstrative and obtrusive animalism of the Whitmaniad is as unnatural, as incompatible with the wholesome instincts of human passion, as even the filthy and inhuman asceticism of SS. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today My personal view is that nothing is gained by confusing self-control and the old asceticism. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life And yet there is a theory of living in the Gospels which is curiously indefinable, and leans towards asceticism on one side, although it leans away from it on the other. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) "The emotions of men," Rousseau argued, "have by seventeen hundred years of asceticism and Christianism been so disciplined, that they can now be trusted to their own guidance." The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Renunciation in its one-sided form as relying on works, and for the purpose of mortification, is asceticism, and belongs to them; but Renunciation in general is a necessary determination of morals. Pedagogics as a System Grown old, they become devotees and beads-women, who turn up their eyes at the corruption of the world and preach asceticism. Woman under socialism They turned the attention from asceticism to the importance of the present life. History of Human Society In fact, asceticism is used therein as a means, not as an end. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The old doctrine preached years ago, on St. Paul's text of 'keeping the body under,' has worked as much damage as the asceticism of the middle ages. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Indeed, though Cowper, as an orthodox Protestant, held that ascetic practices ministered simply to spiritual conceit, was he not bound to a sufficiently galling form of asceticism? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) As excess, in former days, now asceticism assumed religious forms. Woman under socialism He turned away from asceticism, and frankly and openly sought to justify the pleasures of life. History of Human Society Nothing is so difficult to specify as the position it occupies with regard to asceticism. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Reversing the practice of asceticism, which sought to crush bodily passions by a course of deprivation, it was taught that all kinds of forbidden conduct might be practised in order to demonstrate the soul's superiority. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development I had been calling it a rise of asceticism, or mysticism, or religious passion, or the like, when my friend corrected me. Five Stages of Greek Religion In so far there lay in the demonstration a victory of vigorous nature over the asceticism of Christianity. Woman under socialism The result of this asceticism was a jaundiced and inhuman outlook on life. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology It will fortify Freethinkers in their scepticism, and warn the healthy manhood and womanhood of Europe against this oriental asceticism which pretends to be a divine message to the robust Occident. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) On civic life and the civic virtues the influence of asceticism was equally disastrous. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development To some eastern nations, with their cults of asceticism and contemplation, the same doctrines have appealed almost like a physical passion or a dangerous drug running riot in their veins. Five Stages of Greek Religion Gloomy asceticism has yielded to more hopeful views of life. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 As, to the intellect, acosmism is the corollary of pantheism, so, to the heart, asceticism follows from mysticism. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology To be a Christian, he tells them, is to crucify the body, to kill the animal passions, to live the pure life of the spirit, and, in short, to practise every austerity of asceticism. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Finally, asceticism exerted a powerful influence on religion itself. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development This he attributes to the prevalent state of religious feeling that went to "fatal excesses" under the influence of its "passion for asceticism." The Truth About Woman It will appear as enthusiasm; it will appear as asceticism. Bunyan Whoever inclines to the first, which is the higher and tends to preserve the species, is obliged to restrain himself in the second, without, however, falling into unnatural asceticism. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Although, as I say, I had not the strength for such asceticism, I admired it from afar. Dreamers of the Ghetto The consequences of asceticism on morals were almost wholly disastrous. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The impulse towards asceticism has, I think, rather changed its form than passed from women. The Truth About Woman His wife must be taken away and secluded, and purified by a long course of Germain asceticism. Is He Popenjoy? Priests and other pious persons often preach an idealized asceticism, while in secret they commit the most disgusting sexual excesses. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But this is the only thing that disquiets me; and it is impossible to praise too much De Vaux's ingenious compromise between tasteless asceticism and dangerous indulgence in the matter of 'Asia's willing maids.' Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series And it is certain also that in no other instance has asceticism proved itself so grave a danger to social order and security. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development They have thus recommended and followed asceticism in order to arrive at a heightened spirituality. The Truth About Woman Here was a girl who challenged his asceticism—a beautiful young female animal who dared to mock at his self-restraint. The Vagrant Duke But it is quite as wrong to oppose them with an exaggerated and unnatural asceticism, which reflects in our eyes an erroneous ideal of altruism. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study We picture the ideal dean, a slender man, slightly stooped, thin-lipped, with a suggestion of mild asceticism in his face. The Red Hand of Ulster It was more or less general during the ascendancy of asceticism. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Ah, women always pity him and admire his picturesque asceticism, but if married men look worried they do not notice it. Olive in Italy They felt contempt for their old Latin speech and for their literature, with the tiresome asceticism it eternally preached. A Short History of Spain It is necessary to avoid extreme asceticism and unnatural idealism on the one hand and excessive sexual indulgence on the other hand. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Theodore, however, quickened the spirit which found expression in those rules, and while inculcating asceticism in its extremest form, showed greater consideration for the weakness of human nature. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture And this, it must be borne in mind, was the African Church, which under the care of Augustine had been specially nurtured in the most rigid asceticism. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development There is a vigorous angry insistence about his dogmas that makes his essays unforgettable, even if one objects as violently as I do to his asceticism and death-worship. Rosinante to the Road Again The priesthood hold high social rank, are exempt from taxes, but do not practice celibacy or asceticism. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight He might be called 'cold,' not as wanting in tenderness or enthusiasm, but as representing a kind of philosophical asceticism. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice It was the path of simplicity, not the path of asceticism, that was indicated. Beside Still Waters But the main stream of social life remained unaffected to any considerable extent by this asceticism. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Accompanying this asceticism we find an extraordinary revival of the grossest superstition. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Adonai is the principle of asceticism, Lucifer of natural humanity and la joie de vivre. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II It was, as far as we can see, a time of asceticism. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study Nor is asceticism a true road of life. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit The social and domestic virtues received full recognition from the upholders of the monastic life, and there is no evidence that asceticism ever assumed an epidemic form. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Growth of Learning.—The decay of asceticism was to some extent brought about by the opening of new careers into which energetic men might throw themselves. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Religious asceticism has been the ideal of the Hindu life from time immemorial. India, Its Life and Thought Grass in this passage stands for enjoyment of life as opposed to asceticism. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning "But patience carries the lilies of the saints," said Lucy, with a touch of the sweet asceticism which had once been so charming to the young Anglican. The Perpetual Curate There is scarcely a religion of ancient and modern times, certain forms of Protestantism excepted, that does not recognise asceticism as an element in its system.... Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The long years of lonely life and rigorous asceticism through which he had passed had been a period of no ordinary self-denial. The New Tenant Again, as to the method of redemption, the Yoga philosophy advocates renunciation, self-effacement, and all the forms of asceticism. India, Its Life and Thought The life of the convent was very distasteful to him, and though he afterward took vows, he never was in sympathy with asceticism. History of Education It teaches asceticism leading not to indifference and Nervana, but to higher complexities of vitalisation, to a more complete and harmonious rhythm of individual existence. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life This is not a history of morals, and it is needless to enter into a detailed account of the state of morality during the prevalence of asceticism. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development As for the artist, so I lacked reverence for his work, the Jews, doubtless on account of my Greek predilections, antagonistic to Judaic asceticism. Jewish Literature and Other Essays In Hinduism, the rigours of asceticism are, indeed, sometimes a means to an end; but that end is not character or any spiritual achievement, but power with the gods. India, Its Life and Thought The spirit of asceticism, urged by the Church as one of the most important virtues, took a strong hold upon the people, and led many to withdraw from the world. History of Education Very few practise any real asceticism concerning food. India and the Indians A part cause of the movements we are about to describe may have been a violent reaction against an extravagant asceticism. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development It had no philosophy, no asceticism, no secret societies, and it did not rely on its ethical code. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV His great renunciation is one of the most striking and impressive acts in the history of mankind, and his subsequent asceticism was of the most thorough and rigid type. India, Its Life and Thought They were misled by the asceticism of the prophets, who meant it merely as a protest against the material self-indulgence of the time, and called attention to the higher life. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The reader will be able to judge for himself how far the application of these illustrations is calculated to help a man in his religious aspirations towards asceticism. India and the Indians To them asceticism is the deterrent saintliness which renounces all joy, and with a hard thin voice condemns the leanings of mankind to reasonable indulgence. Apologia Diffidentis Jainism, while differing from its contemporary, Buddhism, in its metaphysical dualism and its asceticism, agreed with it practically in its method of salvation from the ills of life. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV He never countenanced the idea that highest sainthood must come through asceticism. India, Its Life and Thought We mean rather a more stringent abstemiousness, which may be called separation from the world, or asceticism. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Now, as Hosokawa Masamoto practised asceticism for the better pursuit of necromancy, in which he was a believer, he had no offspring. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Here she took up her abode for the remainder of her life, and for nearly fifty years practised the most rigid asceticism, and here, by the side of her parents, she was eventually buried. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 They thought that the only means to obtain such a result was to attract the people by pleasant surroundings and not to rebuke them by morose asceticism. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Hinduism has exalted asceticism as the highest type of life and the best method of holy attainment. India, Its Life and Thought But in the asceticism of the few there is also a limit beyond which one should not go. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It is manifested in the form of abstract meditation and austerity—an austerity embodied in asceticism and self-mortification. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Larry was as free from sensuality as he was from asceticism; but there were times when the bleak discomfort at Fremont palled upon him, as did the loneliness and half-cooked food. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter When he had cooled down, he would run into a denunciation of the asceticism of Christianity, the monastic system, hair-shirts, and so on. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study This path of abstraction and asceticism leaves the soul to theosophic knowledge, which is consummated in the supreme bliss of assimilation with the Divine. India, Its Life and Thought But the best of all are those who adopt the mildest form of asceticism, who separate from the world inwardly while taking part in it outwardly, and assisting in the ordinary occupations of mankind. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy He had subdued the body by the rigours of asceticism and had attained preëminence in self-restraint and in the highest wisdom of yoga culture. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ I mentioned, too, in the fifth letter of this series, the case of Henry Engelbrecht, who, after a life of asceticism, and a week of nearly total abstinence, fell into a death-trance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Not at all like Socialism, Nor a bit like Atheism, Hinges not on pessimism, Treats of man's asceticism, Quite opposes anarchism. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse Thus character, or the prevalence of the nobler sentiments of our nature above the meaner, is not, and never has been, the aim of Hindu asceticism. India, Its Life and Thought The positive law is necessary and useful besides because it prescribes the middle way, discouraging equally the extremes of asceticism and of self-indulgence. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Whereas the old religious training, where it did not degenerate into excessive asceticism, was a school of good manners towards the universe as well as towards one's neighbours. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life There is an asceticism among Methodists of his class which does not differ greatly from that enforced by other religious orders. Ringfield A Novel The miracle of the Holy Thorn may be an evidence of the one, and the unnatural asceticism of his later years a proof of the other. Pascal It was full of reproaches addressed to the dear pupil, who had cut himself off from the asceticism of the East, and devoted himself to the gross materialism of Western civilization. The Motor Pirate To be sure, he does not follow them slavishly and rejects the extremes of asceticism and unworldly cynicism which a great many of the Sufis preached and practiced. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy That Church has two favourite saints—St. Cassianus, the type of monastic asceticism, and St. Nicholas, the type of genial, active, unselfish, laborious Christianity. Standards of Life and Service Military asceticism, being the refusal of pleasure and knowledge for the sake of power; seen chiefly in the early days of Sparta and Rome. Pearls of Thought A proud, ascetic, and worn figure seems to rise before us; but strangely Pascal’s portrait, as known to us, conveys no idea of asceticism. Pascal “The beautiful things of the eye,” that is your little personal footnote, O stranger, which clings like a sweet prophecy 60 to all your asceticism and philosophy. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance A moderate degree of asceticism is to be recommended as favoring the emancipation of the soul from the tyranny of the body. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The primitive asceticism had almost vanished; it had not, however, died, leaving nothing in its place. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Religious asceticism, being the refusal of pleasure and knowledge for the sake—as supposed—of religion; seen chiefly in the Middle Ages. Pearls of Thought The legend relates that Buddha, possessed with the desire of finding the perfect road of salvation for himself and all other men, gives himself up, at first, to an extravagant asceticism. Essay on the Creative Imagination |
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