Sentence examples for type of asceticism from inspiring English sources

The 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, for example, advocated a type of asceticism that annihilates the will to live; his fellow countryman and earlier contemporary, the philosopher Immanuel Kant, held to a moral asceticism for the cultivation of virtue according to the maxims of the Stoics.

In Christianity all of the types of asceticism have found realization.

That is, esoteric wisdom can either be attained through practical wisdom, which includes inner purification and asceticism, or through a type of philosophy which includes, but is not limited to discursive reasoning.

Variations of asceticism in world religions.

What is the purpose of asceticism?

Schindler presented an aesthetic of asceticism.

Mantel has the novelist's dislike of asceticism.

Psychological forms of asceticism have also been developed.

It vivifies a reign of asceticism that followed upon our surfeit of freedom.

Ibn Ḥanbal led a life of asceticism and self-denial, winning many disciples.

The authentic Ḥasid is described in terms of asceticism, humility, serenity, altruism, and strict ethical behaviour.