单词 | quietism |
释义 | quietismn. 1. Usually in form Quietism. A form of religious mysticism based on the teaching of the Spanish priest Miguel de Molinos (c1640–97), rejecting outward forms of devotion in favour of passive contemplation and extinction of the will. In extended use: any system or philosophy that emphasizes human passivity and non-resistance.The Guida spirituale in which Molinos expounded his views was published at Rome in 1675, and condemned by the Inquisition in 1685. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > quietism > [noun] quietism1687 Molinism1720 1687 in Burnet Lett. (1688) Suppl. 46 I will here digress a little from the business of Quietism. 1698 in tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Maxims of Saints Introd. There are but a few people that have not heard of Molinos, and his Doctrine of Quietism. 1746 J. Wesley Let. 8 Sept. (1931) II. 83 In what respects the Brethren are Antinomians, in what sense they lean to Quietism, I have spoken at large. a1794 W. Jones Wks. (1799) I. 448 This passage from Barrow (which borders, I admit, on quietism and enthusiastic devotion) differs only from the mystical theology of the Súfís and Yógis, as the flowers and fruits of Europe differ in scent and flavour from those of Asia. 1838 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 70 Quietism, indigenous in the East, is an exotic in this cold and busy land of ours. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy iii. 135 This is what I call the specially British form of Quietism, or a devout, but excessive, reliance on an over-ruling Providence. 1873 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London 200 To avoid the Charybdis of carnalism, there is no need to seek the Scylla of Quietism. 1912 E. Underhill Mysticism (new ed.) 560 Quietism..was the expression of a need not unlike that which produced the contemporary Quaker movement in England: a need for personal contact with spiritual realities, evoked by the formal and unsatisfying quality of the official religion of the time. 1957 F. O'Connor Let. 2 Nov. in Habit of Being (1980) 250 I guess the way to stand it will be to indulge temporarily in Quietism, cut my motor off so to speak, and be towed. 2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. vi. 24/1 Quietism became best known as a characteristic of the religions of Asia, India and the Middle East. 2. A state of calmness and passivity of mind or body; introversion; repose, quietness, tranquillity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] resteOE peacea1225 egalityc1374 tranquillityc1374 peaceabilityc1384 sobernessc1384 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 evenheadc1440 equalitya1475 equability1531 sobermood1556 calmness1561 evenness1561 serenity1599 collection1602 equilibrium1608 calm1609 temperateness1609 composedness1611 recollection1611 temper1611 unpassionateness1611 placidity1619 sereneness1628 attemperature1635 quietationa1639 equableness1641 steadiness1642 sedateness1647 imperturbation1648 placidness1654 centredness1662 equanimity1663 composure1667 serenitude1672 equalness1675 unperturbedness1676 dispassion1690 quietism1735 serene1744 relaxednessa1750 self-composure1762 sober-mindedness1767 collectedness1789 unprovokedness1795 comfortableness1815 repose1815 levelness1824 dispassionateness1842 unruffledness1858 passionlessness1867 the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] > specifically of body or mind quietism1735 1735 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. II. 118 How long will this dumb Quietism hold, And when Love's gentle Heat dissolve the Cold? 1772 Town & Country Mag. 86 This discovery deprived him of all his quietism. 1795 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 122 That quietism into which people naturally fall after first sensations are over. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 526 They could..disturb his quietism by acrimonious attacks. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xxxvii. 141 The writer..was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before. 1907 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 4 547 Quietism and frenzy thus alike receive the absolute's permit to exist. Those of us who are naturally inert may abide in our resigned passivity; those whose energy is excessive may grow more reckless still. 1976 Gramophone Aug. 266/1 In its place there is..almost a sense of quietism. 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 6 Aug. i. 14 This exhibit provides quietism all right, yet alerts us to flexibility in our visual experience that you'll want to savor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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