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platzkart 's review for:
The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
by Benedicta Ward
aside from my general aesthetic appreciation for rigid asceticism (which is ironic given i don't let myself buy cheese any more because i just eat the whole block) the impression you get of the Desert Fathers from this is of intensely kind men who hold themselves to impossible standards while treating everyone surrounding them with limitless understanding, charity, and gentleness. a good model to aspire to, i think.