The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less Condition:Very Good But when a brutal killing

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep

whether you want to use them for a meditative practice

On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing

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and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form

The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less Condition:Very Good But when a brutal killingWhy philosophers have advocated simple living for 2,500 yearsand why we ignore them at our peril. From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In