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Rachel Cusk • Outline: A Novel (Outline Trilogy Book 1)
MOR. THÉOL.
Ensemble des pratiques ascétiques (mortification, pénitence, prière) qui ont pour but l'union intime avec Dieu :
1. Au commencement, les grands crucifix de Cimabuë, encore sanglans, représentaient la passion et l' ascétisme du moyen-âge sur son calvaire. On dirait que les apôtres, encore frappés de terreur, ont peint eux-mêmes, de... See more
ASCÉTISME : Définition de ASCÉTISME
The ancient philosophy of Cynicism focused on cultivating virtue and strength of character through rigorous training that consisted of enduring various forms of “voluntary hardship.”
Donald Robertson • How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
He has renounced all selfish attachments And observes no rites and ceremonies. He has only minimum possessions, And lives his life for the welfare of all.
Eknath Easwaran • The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2)
In particular, instead of merely thinking about what it would be like to lose our wealth, we should periodically “practice poverty”: We should, that is, content ourselves with “the scantiest and cheapest fare” and with “coarse and rough dress.”1
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
I have a tremendous love of frugality, I must admit. I don’t like a couch decked out ostentatiously; or clothes brought out from a chest or given a sheen by the forceful pressure of weights and a thousand mangles, but homely and inexpensive, and not hoarded to be donned with fuss and bother. I like food which is not prepared and watched over by the
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