Cvltvre and restraint
By: by Hvgh Black ...
Publisher: F.H. Revell
Published: 1901
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Asceticism; Hedonism
Table of contents: title: Introduction. - Zion against Greece - the problem stated. -The aesthetic ideal - culture. -Defects of the aesthetic ideal. - Culture as religion. - The perfect man. - The ascetic ideal - restraint. - The origin and growth of asceticism. -The failure  of the ascetic ideal. - A mediaeval conception of sainthood. - The physical treatment of the spiritual life. - The teaching of Jesus on asceticism. - The Christian solution.