ASCETICISM   

INTENSE MODERATION REGARDING ALL NATURAL HUMAN DESIRES.
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  • MODERATION　CULTIVATE ONESELF so as to cause oneself to BE ENDURINGLY RESTRAINED. (anc: 15/0, child: 3)
  • RESTRAIN　HINDER from being UNRESTRAINED. (anc: 14/0, child: 2)
  • HINDER　STOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
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  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( Horowitz 2005) p.

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