文档介绍：VOLUNTARY
SIMPLICITY
TOWARD A WAY OF LIFE
THAT IS OUTWARDLY
SIMPLE, INWARDLY RICH
DUANE ELGIN
REVISED EDITION
VoLUNTARY SIMPLICITY
TowARD A WAY oF LIFE
THAT Is OuTwARDLY
SIMPLE, INWARDLY RICH
Revised Edition
D u A N E E L G N
WILLIAM MORROW
New York
Copyright © 1993 by Duane Elgin
First edition printed in 1981
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Elgin, Duane.
Voluntary simplicity : toward a way of life that is outwardly
simple, inwardly rich I Duane Elgin. - Rev. ed.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-688-12119-5
1. Simplicity. I. Tide.
1993
179'.9-dc20 92-23740
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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BOOK DESIGN BY PATRICE FODERO
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
WITH LOVE AND APPRECIATION
TO ANN, MARY, CLIFF, BEN, AND MATT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THERE ARE INNUMERABLE PERSONS WHO HAVE HELPED
me along the way-either in the learning that led to the
writing of this book or in the. writing process itself. I
want to acknowledge particularly: my father for his in•
tegrity, generosity, and example of patient craftsman•
ship; my mother for her curiosity, compassion, and zest
for life; Daniel Berrigan for teaching me that the way
of love does not turn from life;