Cvltvre and restraint
1901
350 p First published 1901 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