In the book For the Sake of the World — The Spirit of Buddhist and Christian Monasticism, the authors explain that “ever since the time of Socrates (fifth century B.C.E.) at least, it had been widely understood that a life stripped down to essentials, unencumbered with sensual and material luxuries, was a precondition for genuine wisdom. ”
पुस्तक दुनिया की ख़ातिर — बौद्ध व ईसाई मठवाद की भावना (अंग्रेज़ी) में, लेखक समझाते हैं कि “कम - से - कम सुकरात (सा. यु. पू.