Ascetic

"Ascetic" is a word that comes up a lot when people talk about him.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010

"Ascetic" is a word that comes up a lot when people talk about him.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? 2010

Imagine my astonishment, then, to find that the second strand, the difficult one, the esoteric one, has already been summarized with admirable skill — a little too perfectly, perhaps — by G.K. Chesterton, in his essay ‘The Feasts and the Ascetic’:

superversive: Octopoid note superversive 2010

Imagine my astonishment, then, to find that the second strand, the difficult one, the esoteric one, has already been summarized with admirable skill — a little too perfectly, perhaps — by G.K. Chesterton, in his essay ‘The Feasts and the Ascetic’:

English as she is spoke superversive 2010

Ascetic and fiercely self-reliant, the Old Believers had an almost Puritan ethos that emphasized hard work, individual strength, and social conservatism.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Ascetic and fiercely self-reliant, the Old Believers had an almost Puritan ethos that emphasized hard work, individual strength, and social conservatism.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Ascetic and fiercely self-reliant, the Old Believers had an almost Puritan ethos that emphasized hard work, individual strength, and social conservatism.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Ascetic and fiercely self-reliant, the Old Believers had an almost Puritan ethos that emphasized hard work, individual strength, and social conservatism.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Ascetic orientations sought to limit to the greatest extent possible not only sexual relations thought to be optional, but also the physical pleasures of obligatory sexual acts.

Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature. 2009

“Ascetic migration” and “spiritual exodus” represent two of its fundamental and inspiring forms.

Pilgrimage and more 2009