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Simplicity

August 19, 2019 by admin

“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.”

– Leo Babauta

 

Definitions:

  • The state of being uncomplicated and uncompounded (MW)
  • The quality of being plain, without unnecessary things or decorations (CAM)

Vices:

  • Excess: Scarcity, a lack of necessary things
  • Deficit: Decadence, an unreasonable amount of unneeded things

Example:

Not buying more than you need for things
Related Virtues: Clarity, Cleanliness, Freedom, Humility, Serenity

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