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quietism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mysticism, religious mysticism |
| Derivation | quietist |
Examples of quietism
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But they are adjusting to the limelight and abandoning their traditional quietism for active politics.
From the guardian.co.uk
His political quietism has historically dominated the seminary, and he and his followers probably expect this to resume.
From the economist.com
Quietism in philosophy is an approach to the subject that sees the role of philosophy as broadly therapeutic or remedial.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Staying quiet in the face of political strife is the reigning philosophy in Najaf and is known as quietism, or taquia, in Arabic.
From the nytimes.com
Another way of putting it is that he tries his best to follow his family's tradition of quietism and indifference to large events.
From the time.com
But he believed they fell into heresy by supporting quietism, so he decided to form his own followers into a separate society.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The quietism, however, had a positive effect as well, laying out the philosophical basis for ensuring that Iraq did not embrace clerical rule.
From the nytimes.com
Quietism An acceptance of things as they are, but more particularly in Christianity a mystical recourse to meditation and the abandonment of the will.
From the economist.com
The possibility of having everything meaningful break down poses a threat of quietism, which is inherently against the existentialist philosophy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
- (quietist) a religious mystic who follows quietism
- Quietism in philosophy is an approach to the subject that sees the role of philosophy as broadly therapeutic or remedial. ...
- Quietism is a Christian philosophy that swept through France, Italy and Spain during the 17th century, but it had much earlier origins. The mystics known as Quietists insist, with more or less emphasis, on intellectual stillness and interior passivity as essential conditions of perfection. ...
- (quietistic) Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement
- A form of mystical practice involving passivity, stillness and quiet contemplation.
- A doctrine of Christian spirituality that, in general, holds that perfection consists in passivity (quiet) of the soul, in the suppression of human effort so that divine action may have full play. ...
