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asceticism
asceticism Asceticism is a way of life that tries to achieve moral or spiritual aims through strict restraint of bodily appetites and worldly desires.
Asceticism is a way of life that tries to achieve moral or spiritual aims through strict restraint of bodily appetites and worldly desires. It is presented less as a theory than as a practical discipline based on the view that a higher good stands in opposition to ordinary impulse and earthly interests.