Culture and Restraint

accept anchorites artist ascetic ideal asceticism beauty body called character Christ Christian faith Church cism claims common complete conscience creed culture danger desire disciples discipline divine dualism duty Essenes ethical evil external eyes fact failure fasting feeling flesh give Gnostic Goethe Greece Greek happiness heart higher highest holiness human nature ical idea instinct intellectual Israel Jesus Jews ligion live look man's marriage Matthew Arnold means ment method mind monastic monasticism monks moral motive never noble ordinary pagan pain passion perfect Pharisees physical pleasure possible practical principle Puritanism recognised religion religious renunciation restraint result rience rules sacrifice Sadducees saints sake scheme seek seems self-culture self-denial selfishness sense side Simeon Stylites social soul sphere spiritual teaching temptation Tertullian theory things thought tion true truth virtue whole word worldly worship