<ethics> the position according to which the pleasures of this world should be renounced, usually for the sake of some "higher" purpose like intellectual discipline or mystical insight. The doctrine is often connected with the mind-body dichotomy, as it consists of an extreme emphasis on the mind and the pleasures of thought (somewhat akin to psychological rationalism). For the opposite view, see sensualism. (References from Buddhism, Cynicism, Kantianism, Pythagoreanism, sensualism, and spiritualism.)
Based on [The Ism Book]
Edited by Giovanni Benzi
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