Word: asceticism
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The human Washington, President George, had a better grasp of the nature of his countrymen and chopped the house plans to one-fifth the original size. And the name was downgraded from "President's palace" to "the President's House." A few years after its completion, the no-nonsense Americans...
The White House will celebrate its 200th birthday on Nov. 1, and right now the White House Historical Association is searching for someone rotund enough to play the role of President John Adams, the first President to take up residence there. All he has to do is climb into an...
SC: To go and be an ascetic on the top of Mount Meru. I have been so materialistic all these years. I need to go figure out what my place in the world is. I'll take my yoga mat and my Evian and I'll see you once I...
He was both right and wrong. Interest in the flesh-and-blood Mohandas Karamchand has faded away. We revere the Mahatma while ignoring half of what he taught. His backward, romantic vision of a simple society seems woolly minded. Much of his ascetic personal philosophy has lost meaning for later...
LONGEVITY. Despite the fact that life expectancy is increasing along with our national waistline, I'll accept that it is not the obese who are driving up the average. But should long life be our ultimate goal? I don't necessarily see the intrinsic value in long life. I would...