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Ascesis

noun
(pl. asceses)
1.
Rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.  Synonym: asceticism.





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"Ascesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... a Roman Catholic manual I find: "Non raro sub nomine theologiae mysticae intelligitur etiam ascesis, sed immerito. Nam ascesis consuetas tantum et tritas perfectionis semitas ostendit, mystica autem adhuc excellentiorem viam demonstrat." This is to identify "mystical theology" with the higher rungs of ...
— Christian Mysticism • William Ralph Inge
... the full that subtle and delicate sweetness which belongs to a refined and comely decadence; just as its earliest phases have the freshness which belongs to all periods of growth in art, the charm of ascesis, of the austere and serious girding of ...
— The Renaissance - Studies in Art and Poetry • Walter Pater


Words linked to "Ascesis" :   self-control, self-discipline, self-denial


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