Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second Century Pagan World.

Commonweal | September 22, 1995| | Copyright

by James A. Francis Pennyslvania State University Press, $32.50, 222 pp.

Ascetism (Greek: askesis) meant, in the anient world, the self-denial demanded of those who wre in athletic training. it took on the added sense of a philosophy of life which prized moderation, withdrawal from the competitive world, a dietary regime, frugality in style of life, and a spirit of detachment. Toward what end? For some, like the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius, it was a mean toward a rational life. For others, like some devotees of Cynic philosophy, it was a vehicle for both social ...

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