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Are there any good books on asceticism, /lit/?

>> No.4958176

Ask /jp/

>> No.4958177

>>4958003
Yeah, it's empty.

>> No.4958182

>>4958003
>books on asceticism

Most wise sages speak against it; it's a form of delusion and is ego-centric

>> No.4958200

>>4958182
I disagree.

>> No.4958874

The Brothers Karamazov, unless you are looking for non fiction.

>> No.4958883

>>4958003
the symposium touches on it near the end in an interesting way. nietzsche also has some interesting commentary on it in the genealogy of morals.

>> No.4958884

>>4958003
Schopenhauer.

>> No.4958890

>>4958182
Depends on your definition. To the Buddha dressing in a single pair of rags and eating one begged meal of leftovers a day and sleeping on the ground doesn't amount to asceticism, for example. That's his idea of the middle way. To most people that would be insanely ascetic.

>> No.4959061

The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John Climacus