The Ascetic Aesthete

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Andrew Hayes

doi:10.7146/nja.v34i69.160692

October 31, 2025The Nordic Journal of AestheticsOpen Access

The Ascetic Aesthete

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The ascetic relationship to beauty enhances self-care and personal moral standards, emphasizing the significance of training.
Training in the appreciation of beauty restructures an individual's relationship with the self and the surrounding world.
This conceptual exploration involves constant reevaluation of one's values related to beauty and material worth, aiming at moral growth.
The findings highlight that self-denial can foster deeper love for oneself and the world, calling attention to the pursuit of meaningful relationships.

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This analysis reveals how ascetic practices in relation to beauty can improve self-care in individuals, suggesting new moral frameworks.

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What is the role of beauty for the individual navigating the modern world? What does it say about the moral status of people, the value of matter, and the relationship between the two? I will argue that the right relationship to beauty is an ascetic one, a practice of saying no to the self, in order to truly care for the self and love the world. This is a matter of constant training, re-evaluating, and witnessing ourselves and the world

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