Tolstoy not only read schopenhauer 's philosophy , but lived it , by abandoning earthly desires and turning to asceticism .
托尔斯泰不仅是叔本华哲学的读者,还是其践行者,他摒弃世俗的欲求并过着清心寡欲的生活。
This representation of jesus as a man with earthly passions and needs has not survived in the doctrines of the established churches , which emphasise celibacy and asceticism as a spiritual ideal .