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1. Asceticism: Asceticism (/əˈsɛtɪsɪzəm/; from the Greek: ἄσκησις, romanized: áskesis, lit. 'exercise', 'training') is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. (Philosophy) [100%] 2023-09-27 [Asceticism] [Religious terminology]...
2. Asceticism: Asceticism describes a life characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures. Those who practice ascetic lifestyles often perceive their practices as virtuous and pursue them to achieve greater spirituality. Many ascetics believe the action of purifying the body helps to purify ... [100%] 2023-02-03
3. Asceticism: Asceticism describes a life characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures. Those who practice ascetic lifestyles often perceive their practices as virtuous and pursue them to achieve greater spirituality. Many ascetics believe the action of purifying the body helps to purify ... [100%] 2023-02-04
4. Asceticism: Asceticism (/əˈsɛtɪsɪzəm/; from the Greek: ἄσκησις, romanized: áskesis, lit. 'exercise', 'training') is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. (Lifestyle of frugality and abstinence) [100%] 2023-12-18 [Asceticism] [Religious terminology]...
5. Asceticism: Asceticism, the theory and practice of bodily abstinence and self-mortification, generally religious. The word is derived from the Gr. verb ἀσκέω, “I practise,” whence the noun ἄσκησις and the adjective ἀσκητικός; and it embodies a metaphor taken from the ancient wrestling-place ... [100%] 2022-09-02
6. Asceticism: A term derived from the Greek verb ἀσκέω, meaning "to practise strenuously," "to exercise. Athletes were therefore said to go through ascetic training, and to be ascetics. In this usage the twofold application—to the mode of living and the results ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Asceticism in Judaism: Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Asceticism has not been a dominant theme within Judaism, but minor to significant ascetic traditions have been a part of Jewish spirituality. (Ascetic lifestyles in a Jewish context) [57%] 2023-12-25 [Jewish asceticism] [Asceticism]...
8. Inner-worldly asceticism: Inner-worldly asceticism was characterized by Max Weber in Economy and Society as the concentration of human behavior upon activities leading to salvation within the context of the everyday world. He saw it as a prime influence in the emergence ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-09-27 [Asceticism]
9. Inner-worldly asceticism: Inner-worldly asceticism was characterized by Max Weber in Economy and Society as the concentration of human behavior upon activities leading to salvation within the context of the everyday world. He saw it as a prime influence in the emergence ... (Max Weber's thesis on self-denial) [57%] 2024-09-12 [Asceticism] [Max Weber]...