Ideas across traditions · wisdom · Egyptian
instruction
A common word: it appears in 30% of all works on the maps, so its reach across traditions is a fact about English, not about the idea. The works are listed for completeness; the analogues below are the judged connections.
Also under: “doctrina” · “disciplina” · “unterweisung” · “onderwijs” · “enseignement” · “didaskalia” · “διδασκαλία”
92works in other traditions, with a cited page
0works in Egyptian, its home tradition on the maps
571further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
0judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Greek
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus: On the Sacred Disease; Regimen IV (On Dreams); On the Nature of Mansame word and a translator’s rendering
- 375 BCEPlato, Republic IX (the lawless desires in sleep) and Timaeus on the liversame word and a translator’s rendering
- Didaskalia — instructionon. A double persuasion is established: one, which is didaskalike didactic/instructive ; the other, pistikē persuasive .The Works of Plato, Vol. 1 (Stephanus edition), 1578, p. 484 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplina — education/trainings ignorance? THE. I indeed think, O Stranger, that the other part of instruction is called arts, but this part is calledThe Complete Works of Plato, 1557, p. 144 · flagged as a term by the translator
- DISCIPLINA — education/disciplineso is not easy for me; yet I must labor at it. First, then, to establish the order of our discourse, let us define whatThe Works of Plato, Vol. 2 (Stephanus edition), 1578, p. 655 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 370 BCEXenophon, Memorabilia and Oeconomicusa translator’s rendering
- 360 BCEPlato, Timaeus (world-soul, sense-perception, the liver and divination, 69–72)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 340 BCEAristotle, On Sleep, On Dreams, On Divination in Sleep (Parva naturalia)same word and a translator’s rendering
- didaskaliat be easy to use that knowledge to persuade them. This is because a speech based on science is a form of **instruction**Complete Works of Aristotle (Aristotelis Opera Omnia), 1837, p. 15 · original word kept by the translator
- instructionay give craftiness to the innocent, and to the young child perception and insight." Quoting Proverbs 1:2-4. For he callsParva Naturalia and Ambigua, 14th century, p. 59 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 4 more works in Greek; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Indian
- 400 BCEUpaniṣads with technique (Śvetāśvatara, Maitrī, Kaṭha)same word
- 300 CEPanchatantrasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 650 CEKumārila Bhaṭṭa, Ślokavārttika (Ātmavāda)same word
- 975 CENemicandra, Dravyasaṃgrahasame word
- 1000Nārada Bhakti Sūtraa translator’s rendering
and 1 more works in Indian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Hebrew & Jewish
- 200 BCE1 Enoch (Ethiopic Book of Enoch)a translator’s rendering
- 20 CEPhilo of Alexandria (collected works)same word and a translator’s rendering
- didaskalia — instructionearned by itself, so that it may remain constantly enduring within it. Therefore, he who is found wise by nature withoutPhilonis Judaei Paralipomena Armena, 1826, p. 358 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplina — instruction or disciplinerruptible nature are those which follow sight and passion; however, this meditative mind passes through them by means of[Greek] Omnia quae extant opera, 1640, p. -561 · flagged as a term by the translator
- doctrinadescribed as having striven toward the same goal, but not in the same way. Abraham, the oldest of them, used instructionExegetical Works on the Books of Moses, 1614, p. 428 · original word kept by the translator
Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 50 BCEPseudo-Phocylides, Sentencesa translator’s rendering
- disciplina — education/disciplineand appear to have bruised their legs and heads, and are held by certain women? Those who are crowned have been saved byIn hoc libro haec habentur. Constantini Lascaris Byzantini de octo partibus or[ati]onis lib. I. Eiusdem de constructione, 1512, p. 260 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplina — training/discipliner, and their shins and heads seem worn. For they are held by certain women. Those who are crowned have been made safe byIn hoc libro haec habentur. Constantini Lascaris Byzantini De octo partibus orationis lib. 1. ... Cebetis tabula ... Car, 1512, p. 263 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 100 CEEpictetus, Enchiridion and Discoursessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses and Enchiridion (prohairesis, the use of impressions), with Simplicius' commentarysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses (Arrian)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 180 CEChaldaean Oraclesa translator’s rendering
and 12 more works in Hellenistic & Late Antique; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Roman
- 45 BCEPublilius Syrus, Sententiaea translator’s rendering
- 160 CEApuleius, De deo Socratis; Metamorphoses XI (the Isis initiation)a translator’s rendering
- 160 CEApuleius, De deo Socratis and De Platone et eius dogmate (daimones; the soul)a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEApuleius, Metamorphoses XI (the dream of Isis)a translator’s rendering
- disciplina — craft/professione proof for my words. For we had hardly approached **seven-gated Thebes**—which is the primary subject of study for thisThe Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), 1897, p. 135 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Disciplina — Instructiono be; he judges this most especially because for one who has an excellent nature, if Industry is added, and also Use andLucii Apuleii ... Opera / Tomus II., 1778, p. 68 · flagged as a term by the translator
- doctrina — teaching/learninge that it must be said that they are two, because they differ by a great distinction. One, indeed, is instilled in us byPlato & Apuleius Compendium — 11th-Century Manuscript, 1025, p. 85 · flagged as a term by the translator
Early Christian & Monastic
- 90 CEDidache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)a translator’s rendering
- 200 CETertullian & Cyprian, De oratione / De dominica orationesame word and a translator’s rendering
- 210 CETertullian, De animasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- didaskalia — teachingof certain noble Israelite souls; this is the primary invitation to the wedding. For through those who call, through theOpera Omnia I (Delarue-Lommatzsch), 1834, p. 573 · flagged as a term by the translator
- διδασκαλία — teachingk the force of this argument with this response: That, he says, because ἀρχιερατεία high priesthood is grasped here, andOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur, 1743, p. 479 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 233 CEOrigen, On Prayer (Peri euchēs)same word and a translator’s rendering
- didaskalia — teachingof certain noble Israelite souls; this is the primary invitation to the wedding. For through those who call, through theOpera Omnia I (Delarue-Lommatzsch), 1834, p. 573 · flagged as a term by the translator
- διδασκαλία — teachingk the force of this argument with this response: That, he says, because ἀρχιερατεία high priesthood is grasped here, andOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur, 1743, p. 479 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 6 more works in Early Christian & Monastic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- disciplina — training/system/gnosisgement for the perfecting of all things. For there is naught without the interblend of Order. 4 --- 1 Or borne. 2 Latin:Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. II, 1906, p. 401 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplina — learning or instructionthe god Mercury or Hermes as the messenger of Iove Jupiter/Zeus , explains the fatherly will to souls, and thus exhibitsPymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. 413 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplinainal: "mundissima," that is, most cosmic, or adorned. part, and have no need of the supports of reason and of disciplineThrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 2: Translations, 1906, p. 362 · original word kept by the translator
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)a translator’s rendering
- disciplina — knowledge/learningdivine men may be commended. Divine Augustine, in his work on the immortality of the soul, argues thus: Where disciplineThe Asclepius of Hermes Trismegistus: On the Immortality of the Soul, 1590, p. 40 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplinaGod, as much as could reasonably be done, at that time when he deigned to gift the minds of men with sense, instructionThe Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation, 1924, p. 318 · original word kept by the translator
- disciplinaact of finding or "coming upon" knowledge through one's own mental effort. to his foster-children. Now, when instructionOn the Mysteries of the Egyptians - Pimander - Asclepius, 1607, p. 240 · original word kept by the translator
- 150 CEGospel of Truth (Nag Hammadi I,3)same word
- 175 CEChaldean Oraclesa translator’s rendering
- 180 CEChaldean Oracles (with Psellus and Pletho)a translator’s rendering
and 6 more works in Hermetic & Gnostic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Syriac & Armenian
- 360 CEEphrem the Syrian, on dreams (hymns and homilies)same word and a translator’s rendering
- disciplina — disciplinework, which we have written concerning re militari military matters , we must deal not only with weapons, but also withFragments of the Commentary of Ephrem the Syrian on the Diatessaron, 1895, p. 115 · flagged as a term by the translator
- disciplinaby him daily. Furthermore, his mistress, when she had looked upon him adorned with extraordinary beauty and *disciplineSancti Ephraem Syri, patris et scriptoris ecclesiae antiquissimi et dignissimi, opera omnia quotquot in insignioribus It, 1616, p. 711 · original word kept by the translator
- 1280Bar Hebraeus, other historical/theological works (Chronicon, Ecclesiastical History, Ascent of the Mind, Book of Splendours)same word and a translator’s rendering
Byzantine & Orthodox
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Ambigua / Chapters on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Charity and other Kephalaiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1070Michael Psellos, De operatione daemonuma translator’s rendering
- 1330Nikephoros Gregoras, Commentary on Synesius De insomniissame word and a translator’s rendering
Arabic
- 750 CEKalila wa-Dimnasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 950 CESirr al-asrar / Secretum secretorumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 970 CEIkhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, Rasāʾil (epistles on soul, senses, sleep and dreams; animals vs man)same word
Buddhist
- 800 CECakrasaṃvara sādhana (Ghaṇṭapāda five stages; Vajrayoginī / Vajravārāhī)same word
Medieval Latin
- 1160Pseudo-Augustine (Alcher of Clairvaux), De spiritu et animasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1254Albertus Magnus, De anima / De intellectu et intelligibilisame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1272Thomas Aquinas on dreams (Summa II-II q.95 a.6; commentary on De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1308Llull, Ars brevis / Ars magna (the Art as contemplative combinatoric)same word and a translator’s rendering
- doctrina — teaching or instructionenth main part of this work, which is on doctrine.** A small decorative initial T begins this section. This Art is aboutArs magna, generalis et ultima, 1517, p. -132 · flagged as a term by the translator
- doctrinaere would be a vacuum, and this is **impossible** le . ¶ b. c. h. In the second part, it is proven that the **doctrine**Ars Magna (with tables and wheels), Medieval, p. 114 · original word kept by the translator
- 1315Dante, Purgatorio (the three dreams)a translator’s rendering
and 7 more works in Medieval Latin; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1474Cristoforo Landino, Disputationes Camaldulensesa translator’s rendering
- 1476Marsilio Ficino, Epistolae (Letters)a translator’s rendering
- 1590Renaissance Aristotelian De anima commentaries (Zabarella, Toledo, Javelli, Scaino, Mastri, Marcello, Liceti)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1591Bruno, De imaginum, signorum et idearum compositione (with De umbris idearum)a translator’s rendering
- 1677Spinoza, Ethica (Parts II–V)a translator’s rendering
- doctrina — doctrineangles are equal to two right angles. x Doctrine. y Social life. z Mercy. a Partiality. b Superstition. *Thirdly*. ThisBaruch Spinoza — De nagelate schriften — Opera Posthuma (1677), 1677, p. 81 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Disciplinach he was ordering; as for why he forbade it, there seems to be no other reason than that he did not want the *teaching*Posthumous Works, 1677, p. 7 · original word kept by the translator
Native American & Mesoamerican
- 1612Inca chronicle traditions (Garcilaso, Guaman Poma, Huarochirí)a translator’s rendering
Persian
- 1657Dārā Shikūh, Sirr-i akbar (Persian Upaniṣads) / Anquetil’s Oupnek’hatsame word
Modern European
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1885Carl du Prel, Die Philosophie der Mystik (dream and the transcendental subject)same word
At home in Egyptian
No work labelled Egyptian on the four maps attests it behind the gate; the concept’s own tradition may be under-mapped, or its home works are held only in vocabulary lists.
Evidence gate. A work is listed only where a translator marked the word as a term with a gloss, or kept the original word beside the English, on at least one page of a held edition. Vocabulary lists and keywords alone do not count: in a Greek vocabulary list ἡσυχία is the ordinary word for quiet. Up to 3 pages are shown per work, preferring those with a gloss. The vocabulary was built 2026-09-11; the graph on 2026-09-13.