the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
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1. I am not speaking here about asceticism or abstinence. 我说的并不是苦行主义或禁欲主义。 2. Chaucer affirmed man's rights to pursue earthly happiness and epposed asceticism. 乔叟强调人权,尤其是追求今生今世幸福快乐的权力,反对神权与禁欲主义。