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quietism
Works in 9 traditions beyond Renaissance & Early Modern Europe attest this concept, on 233 cited pages.
Also under: quietisme · quietismus · quietist · quietismo · quietistae · quietisterey · quietiſme
29works in other traditions, with a cited page
3works in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe, its home tradition on the maps
65further 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.
Zoroastrian
- 1000 BCEZoroastrian liturgical corpus (Avesta: Yasna, Visperad, Yašts, Vendīdād)same word
- quietism — state of total inner peace or passivityfortunate and cheerless position. For the time being, let us be allowed not to disturb, for a while, the tranquility andAvesta, die heiligen Schriften der Parsen, Erster Band, 1853, p. 333 · flagged as a term by the translator
- quietism — a state of passive, meditative religious devotionfind themselves in an unhappy and bleak position. For now, let us be permitted not to destroy for some time the calm andAvesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis, 1896, p. 333 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1000 BCEAvesta — Gāthās, Yasna, Vendīdād, Yašts, Hādōxt Nasksame word
- quietism — state of total inner peace or passivityfortunate and cheerless position. For the time being, let us be allowed not to disturb, for a while, the tranquility andAvesta, die heiligen Schriften der Parsen, Erster Band, 1853, p. 333 · flagged as a term by the translator
- quietism — a state of passive, meditative religious devotionfind themselves in an unhappy and bleak position. For now, let us be permitted not to destroy for some time the calm andAvesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis, 1896, p. 333 · flagged as a term by the translator
Chinese
- 320 BCEZhuangzi (incl. ch.2 butterfly dream, ch.6 sitting-forgetting)same word
- 300 BCEZhuangzisame word
- 300 BCEZhuangzi ch. 2 (the butterfly dream) and ch. 6same word
Roman
- 63 CESeneca, Epistulae Morales ad Luciliumsame word
- 64 CESeneca, Epistulae morales ad Luciliumsame word
- 64 CESeneca, Epistulae morales and De tranquillitate animisame word
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 250 CEPistis Sophia and the Books of Jeu (Askew and Bruce codices)same word
- 300 CEPistis Sophiasame word
Arabic
- 632 CEQurʾān (nafs, rūḥ, qalb; sleep as death; Joseph’s dreams)same word
Indian
- 1000Yoga Vāsiṣṭha / Mokṣopāyasame word
- 1000Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (the dream worlds of Līlā, Lavaṇa, the hundred Rudras)same word
- 1200Yoga-vāsiṣṭhasame word
Persian
- 1200Niẓāmī / ʿAṭṭār / Rūmī: dream narratives in Persian poetrysame word
- 1260Rumi, Masnavi-yi Ma'navisame word
- 1270Rūmī, Masnavī-yi maʿnavīsame word
Medieval Latin
- 1298Angela of Foligno, Memoriale / Instructionssame word
- 1298Angela of Foligno, Memorialesame word
- 1300Marguerite Porete, Mirror of Simple Soulssame word
- 1310Meister Eckhart, sermons and treatisessame word
- 1310Meister Eckhart, Talks of Instruction & German Sermonssame word
- 1310Meister Eckhart, German Sermons (ground of the soul)same word
- 1340Jan van Ruusbroec, Spiritual Espousalssame word
- 1340Jan van Ruusbroec, Die geestelike brulocht (Spiritual Espousals)same word
- 1350Jan van Ruusbroec, The Spiritual Espousals / Adornment of the Spiritual Marriagesame word
Modern European
- 1790Saint-Martin, L'Homme de désirsame word
- Quietism — a mystical state of passive contemplation and stillnessiritualize yourself to the point of being sometimes in a state to ask yourself: *Is there matter?* 375 -># OF DESIRE. <-L'Homme de désir, 1808, p. -192 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Quietism — a mystical state of passive contemplation### OF DESIRE. 375L'Homme de desir, n.d, p. 381 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1911Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism / Practical Mysticism / The Mystic Waysame word
- 1913Underhill, The Mystic Way / Practical Mysticismsame word
At home in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1685Jeanne Guyon, Moyen court et très facile de faire oraison / Les torrentssame word
- Quietism — a mystical movement emphasizing a passive state of contemplation and the suppression of the human willllower of the Montanist heresy often used as a pejorative comparison for mystical women corrupted by the maxims of falseJustifications de la doctrine de Madame de la Mothe-Guion, 1790, p. -8 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Quietism — a mystical movement emphasizing passivity and inner stillnessfe*, which is undoubtedly not the least curious of her Works. Those who have seen them, and who claim to convince her ofRecueil de divers traitez de theologie mystique, qui entrent dans la celebre dispute du Quietisme, 1699, p. -10 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Quietism — a mystical movement emphasizing internal passivity and divine resthe could. The Bishop of Meaux Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet became suspicious because for some time she had been suspected ofOpuscules spirituels, 1704-1712, p. -7 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1702Gottfried Arnold, Historie und Beschreibung der mystischen Theologiesame word
- 1714Leibniz, Monadologie / Principes de la nature et de la grâcesame word
- Quietist — one who believes in absolute passivity toward Goded to us according to his will. I mean this acquiescence regarding the past. For regarding the future, one must not be aThe Philosophical Writings, Vol. IV, 1768, p. 465 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Quietism98) by Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, the first secretary of the Academy. . Minds are currently occupied with refuting QuietismDie philosophischen Schriften Vol. 2, 1875, p. 385 · flagged as a term by the translator
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.