Ideas across traditions · consciousness · Greek

perception

A common word: it appears in 33% 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: αἴσθησις · αἴσθησιν · αἰσθήσεις · “sensation” · “aisthesis” · “sense perception” · “զգայութիւն” · “aistheseis” · “aisthesin”

156works in other traditions, with a cited page
19works in Greek, its home tradition on the maps
539further 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.

Hebrew & Jewishfrom 300 BCE · 8 works

and 3 more works in Hebrew & Jewish; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Hellenistic & Late Antiquefrom 280 BCE · 37 works

and 32 more works in Hellenistic & Late Antique; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Indianfrom 200 BCE · 11 works

and 6 more works in Indian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Romanfrom 55 BCE · 14 works

and 9 more works in Roman; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Hermetic & Gnosticfrom 150 CE · 10 works

and 5 more works in Hermetic & Gnostic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Early Christian & Monasticfrom 225 CE · 6 works

and 1 more works in Early Christian & Monastic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Syriac & Armenianfrom 550 CE · 3 works

Byzantine & Orthodoxfrom 630 CE · 9 works

and 4 more works in Byzantine & Orthodox; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Arabicfrom 632 CE · 5 works

Medieval Latinfrom 867 CE · 1 work

Buddhistfrom 900 CE · 1 work

Tibetanfrom 1100 · 2 works

Renaissance & Early Modern Europefrom 1476 · 19 works

and 14 more works in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Theosophical & Modern Esotericfrom 1749 · 8 works

and 3 more works in Theosophical & Modern Esoteric; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Modern Europeanfrom 1788 · 22 works

and 17 more works in Modern European; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

At home in Greek

and 11 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.