Ascetic Literature

Nietszche's geneology of morality where he repeatedly and mercilessly BTFOs asceticists

>>9144379
is thhat .... hair??? saved

>St. Bigfoot

>>9144379
Temptation of St Anthony

temptations of st anthony by flaubert is OK - its weird and kind of a failure, but it isn't boring

I assume you're looking for literature in the sense of fiction, not works by spiritual teachers, monks, etc?

>>9144397
I am looking for nonfiction works.

>>9144409
histories? biographies? spiritual teachings? some/all of above?

specific to a religion/s?

>>9144384
kek i just noticed this

>>9144381
>Nietzsche repeatedly btfo's ascetics
>was an ascetic himself
trying reading again

Read "The Life of Saint Anthony," written by Saint Athanasius the Great himself.

>>9144415
Anything dealing with actual accounts of hermitage among christian writers. So, yes, histories, biography or teachings I have seen a list of many ascetic saints and hermits but have any of their writings been preserved that are credible?

>>9144416
Did you miss the part of Genealogy of Morals where the whole book is about resisting asceticism?

>>9144427
Which one do you recommend there are many different books when I searched for it.

>>9144416
>muh self-affirmation, muh life affirmation
>doesn't realize the only thing he's affirming is his own enslavement to the Will which subsumes all lesser wills
>daddy problems will never let him see the true self lies with God the father and only ascetic denial of the Will can deliver one there