Ideas across traditions · consciousness · Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
memory
A common word: it appears in 34% 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: memorie · “memoria” · “gedachtnis” · “mneme” · “μνήμη” · “mnemen” · “memoriam” · “Μνήμη” · “gedachtnuß” · “μνήμην” · “gedachtniß”
88works in other traditions, with a cited page
26works in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe, its home tradition on the maps
552further 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
- 700 BCEHesiod, Works and Daysa translator’s rendering
- 450 BCEPresocratic fragments (Diels): Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Democritus on soulsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 380 BCEPlato, Phaedosame word and a translator’s rendering
- mneme — memoryh certain associations, and thus possess forgetfulness of the holy sights they once beheld. Only a few are left for whomPlato Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, 1683, p. 504 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mnēmēsignify rest as which signify motion? There is epistēmē (knowledge), which is connected with stasis (rest/standing), asDialogues of Plato, Vol. 2 (Gorgias, Phaedo, Meno), 1875, p. 198 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μνήμηthe flowing of things, and πιστὸν (*piston*), *the credible*, implies that which produces *perfect stability*. Likewise,The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato, 1793, p. 150 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 375 BCEPlato, Republic IX (the lawless desires in sleep) and Timaeus on the liversame word and a translator’s rendering
- memoria — memorywer, that first perception itself is called imaginatio imagination . As it preserves what is apprehended, [it is called]The Complete Works of Plato, 1557, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mnēmē — memoryops the flow, and piston faithful/credible altogether signifies to stand. original: ἴς ἂν παντάπασι σημαίνῃ Furthermore,The Works of Plato, Vol. 1 (Stephanus edition), 1578, p. 479 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mnêmê — memoryiry signifies just that, that it halts original: "ἵστησι" the flow. And pistis faith/trust signifies a total halt. Next,The Complete Works of Plato, 1534, p. 149 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 370 BCEPlato, Phaedrussame word and a translator’s rendering
and 5 more works in Greek; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Indian
- 200 BCEBhagavad Gītāsame word
- 200 BCEBhagavad Gītā (ch. 6, dhyāna-yoga)same word
- 1200Gorakṣanātha, Siddhasiddhāntapaddhati & Gorakṣaśatakasame word
Hebrew & Jewish
- 20 CEPhilo of Alexandria (collected works)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memory — retentiond received them, betrothed the wife "Patience" to him. Nevertheless, reminiscence recalling holds the second place after[Greek] Omnia quae extant opera, 1640, p. -223 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mnēmē — memoryndurance. §. 8. Indeed, recollection anamnēsis remembrance/recollection is considered the second-best compared to memoryPhilonis Judaei Opera Omnia (Vol. 3), 1828, p. 86 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryreceives this impression and guards it perfectly within itself, until forgetfulness original: "lēthē" , the opponent ofOn the Creation of the World (De opificio mundi), 1889, p. 140 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 30 CEPhilo of Alexandria — De Opificio Mundisame word and a translator’s rendering
- 30 CEPhilo, On Dreams (De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
Roman
- 62 CESeneca, De Beneficiissame word
- 64 CESeneca, Epistulae morales and De tranquillitate animisame word and a translator’s rendering
- 160 CEApuleius, De deo Socratis; Metamorphoses XI (the Isis initiation)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 160 CEApuleius, De deo Socratis and De Platone et eius dogmate (daimones; the soul)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEAulus Gellius, Noctes Atticaesame word and a translator’s rendering
- Memoria — Memorythe daughter of Experience and Memory. Usus Experience/Use andAttic Nights, Vol. II, 1903, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Memoria — Memoryand truthfully about the begetting and acquiring of wisdom when he said that she is the daughter of Usus Experience andAuli Gellii Noctium atticarum libri undeuiginti, 1515, p. 425 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 3 more works in Roman; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 100 CEPlutarch, Moraliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of the Philosophers (doxography of soul theories)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosopherssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (I.6, IV.8, V.1, VI.9: turning inward and union)same word and a translator’s rendering
- μνήμη — mnemeterday; if we consider things correctly, it is no more "complete" because it lasted. Happiness is in the present. MemoryThe Enneads, 1200-1300, p. 40 · original word kept by the translator
- μνήμην — memoryη . Furthermore, Aristotle starts from a similar discussion regarding the reason that holds between αἴσθησιν sensation ,Plotini Opera Omnia cum Ficini commentariis, 1835, p. 289 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryter it: why do they not say it differently? And why, concerning what has recently happened, does he attempt it? He has aPlotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 140 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (IV on the soul; V on Nous; I.1 What is the living being and what is man)same word and a translator’s rendering
- μνήμη — mnemeterday; if we consider things correctly, it is no more "complete" because it lasted. Happiness is in the present. MemoryThe Enneads, 1200-1300, p. 40 · original word kept by the translator
- μνήμην — memoryη . Furthermore, Aristotle starts from a similar discussion regarding the reason that holds between αἴσθησιν sensation ,Plotini Opera Omnia cum Ficini commentariis, 1835, p. 289 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryter it: why do they not say it differently? And why, concerning what has recently happened, does he attempt it? He has aPlotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 140 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 8 more works in Hellenistic & Late Antique; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryhe lower, that is, the earthly world; but with those four parts of the soul— reason Latin: ratio , sense Latin: sensus ,The Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation, 1924, p. 310 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryed or joined or conceived by judging, it entrusts to the final part of the brain itself and of the sense—which they callHermes Trismegistus (Ficino Latin translation) with Philosophical Writings, 15th century, p. 218 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (Pimander / Poimandres)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryhe lower, that is, the earthly world; but with those four parts of the soul— reason Latin: ratio , sense Latin: sensus ,The Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation, 1924, p. 310 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryed or joined or conceived by judging, it entrusts to the final part of the brain itself and of the sense—which they callHermes Trismegistus (Ficino Latin translation) with Philosophical Writings, 15th century, p. 218 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (CH I Poimandres; X The Key; XI Nous to Hermes; XII On the common nous)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryhe lower, that is, the earthly world; but with those four parts of the soul— reason Latin: ratio , sense Latin: sensus ,The Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation, 1924, p. 310 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryed or joined or conceived by judging, it entrusts to the final part of the brain itself and of the sense—which they callHermes Trismegistus (Ficino Latin translation) with Philosophical Writings, 15th century, p. 218 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 CEKore Kosmousame word and a translator’s rendering
and 1 more works in Hermetic & Gnostic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Early Christian & Monastic
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- 233 CEOrigen, On Prayer (Peri euchēs)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 620 CEIsidore of Seville, Etymologiae XI / Sententiae / Differentiaesame word and a translator’s rendering
Arabic
- 840 CETheology of Aristotle (Arabic Plotinus, Enneads IV–VI)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1027Avicenna, Kitāb al-Nafs (Shifāʾ VI; Latin De anima / Sextus naturalium) and the floating mansame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1050Pseudo-Fārābī, Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (Bezels of Wisdom)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1230Ibn ʿArabī on the imaginal world (ʿālam al-mithāl) and dream (Futūḥāt, Fuṣūṣ ch. on Joseph)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1909Macdonald, The Religious Attitude and Life in Islamsame word
Medieval Latin
- 1160Pseudo-Augustine (Alcher of Clairvaux), De spiritu et animasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1160Avicenna Latinus, Liber de anima (Sextus naturalium)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1254Albertus Magnus, De anima / De intellectu et intelligibilisame word and a translator’s rendering
- memoria — when it remembersus when it senses : mind animus when it is wise : mind mens when it understands : reason ratio when it discerns : memoryAlberti Magni Opera Omnia, Vol. XXXVII, 1890, p. 119 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoria — memorypelled to find a power of the soul which holds the intentions elicited by the estimative power; and this they called theComplete Works, Vol. V, 1890, p. 311 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Memorye limbs of the body are threefold: namely, radical, subservient, and official. II, 57. All limbs serve each other. Ibid.Complete Works, Vol. XXXIV, 1890, p. 292 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1259Bonaventure, Itinerarium mentis in Deumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1265Mechthild of Magdeburg, The Flowing Light of the Godheadsame word
and 21 more works in Medieval Latin; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Native American & Mesoamerican
- 1750Chilam Balam booksa translator’s rendering
Modern European
- 1758Swedenborg, Heaven and Hellsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1805Maine de Biran, Oeuvres philosophiques (Mémoire sur la décomposition de la pensée; Influence de l'habitude)same word
- 1819Faria, De la cause du sommeil lucidesame word
- 1851Fechner, Zend-Avesta (with Nanna, Über die Seelenfrage, Büchlein vom Leben nach dem Tode)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1869New Thought and mind-cure (Evans, Wood, Atkinson, Coué)same word
and 3 more works in Modern European; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1877Blavatsky, Isis Unveiledsame word
- 1891Papus, occult-science treatisessame word
At home in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1476Marsilio Ficino, Epistolae (Letters)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1482Ficino, Theologia Platonica XIII (on dreams, prophecy and the vacant soul)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoria — memoryoffice of the phantasia alone, as Averroes thinks, but to judge belongs to the phantasia and to preserve belongs to thePlatonic Theology, 1491, p. 652 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoria — memorynot the role of the phantasia alone, as Averroes thinks, but to judge belongs to phantasia , and to preserve belongs toPlatonic Theology, 1482, p. 531 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μνήμην — memoryη . Furthermore, Aristotle starts from a similar discussion regarding the reason that holds between αἴσθησιν sensation ,Plotini Opera Omnia cum Ficini commentariis, 1835, p. 289 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1482Ficino, Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animorumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- memoria — memoryoffice of the phantasia alone, as Averroes thinks, but to judge belongs to the phantasia and to preserve belongs to thePlatonic Theology, 1491, p. 652 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoria — memorynot the role of the phantasia alone, as Averroes thinks, but to judge belongs to phantasia , and to preserve belongs toPlatonic Theology, 1482, p. 531 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoriadeep memory, having been granted to us by God long ago. Indeed, he [Orpheus] handed down these things concerning MemoryPlatonic Theology on the Immortality of Souls, 1525, p. 256 · original word kept by the translator
- 1489Ficino, De vita libri tressame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia (Book III on religious ascent)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryand judge what sort and in what state they are. And it is the duty or office of fantasy to recommend well or to give toLa philosophie occulte (De occulta philosophia) Tome 1, 1727, p. 199 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryto entrust those very things which it has so discerned, joined, perceived, and judged to the fourth power, which we callThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 101 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia libri tressame word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryand judge what sort and in what state they are. And it is the duty or office of fantasy to recommend well or to give toLa philosophie occulte (De occulta philosophia) Tome 1, 1727, p. 199 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryto entrust those very things which it has so discerned, joined, perceived, and judged to the fourth power, which we callThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 101 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia III (on dreams and prophecy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- memoryand judge what sort and in what state they are. And it is the duty or office of fantasy to recommend well or to give toLa philosophie occulte (De occulta philosophia) Tome 1, 1727, p. 199 · flagged as a term by the translator
- memoryto entrust those very things which it has so discerned, joined, perceived, and judged to the fourth power, which we callThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 101 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1575Huarte, Examen de ingeniossame word and a translator’s rendering
and 18 more.
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.