In its most austere form (which probably borrowed greatly from the Cynics, and came to be associated with Cynicism), Stoic ethics identifies the good life with virtue and both the good life and virtue with self-sufficiency, i.e., that which is intrinsically good, proper to us and fully within our control.
Like the Owatonna bank, it has a relatively austere form, relieved by imaginative, intricate ornament.
Its members claim that the MCB is too influenced by Saudi Arabia's austere form of Islam, which frowns on the mystical Sufi practices popular in many Pakistani mosques.
Mr. Ryman has been turning out variations on the monochromatic white canvas for decades, and knows that the austere form of his art makes everything around it matter more.
The order combined the solitary life of the hermit with an austere form of the common life of the monk.
In these years he developed his theory of "epic theatre" and an austere form of irregular verse.
The son of a wealthy lawyer, Tillemont attended Port-Royal, the famous school of the Jansenists, who advocated an austere form of Roman Catholicism.
Thus, the strange, austere form of disco of Changeling, one of several tracks that came out of long jams Kerr would tape before coming up with words.
Like tiny ripples on a pond, her face registers the concerns of a caring surrogate parent committed to practicing an austere form of tough love.
Her work since then suggests that new converts prefer a more austere form of the religion.Rebecca Masterson, once Catholic, became a Muslim six years ago and has interviewed women converts for a research project at London University.
