Asceticism is an excess indulged in by those who exaggerate… - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Asceticism is an excess indulged in by those who exaggerate the transcendent aspect of reality. Instead, the rational mystic does not recognize any antithesis between the secular and the sacred. Nothing is to be rejected; everything is to be raised.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Advaita Vedantist philosopher and Indian statesman who was the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

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Native Name: సర్వేపల్లి రాధాకృష్ణన్

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