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==Description (Quiescence)==

==Description (Quiescence)==

Quiescence (kwē-ĕs-ənts) is a [[Latin]]-derived [[English]] language noun referring to a [[state]] of [[being]] quiet, still, at rest, dormant, inactive. Its adjectival form is quiescent, for example "a quiescent [[mind]]."

Quiescence (kwē-ĕs-ənts) is a [[Latin]]-derived [[English]] language noun referring to a [[state]] of [[being]] quiet, still, at rest, dormant, inactive. Its adjectival form is quiescent, for example "a quiescent [[mind]]."

==Example==

==Example==

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism dualism] of Upaniṣadic [[thought]] is distinct from the dualism between the [[mind]] and the [[body]] in Western [[philosophy]]. In Cartesian dualism, the two domains that are sharply distinguished are the mental and the physical. While Indian philosophers certainly recognized such a distinction, they were more impressed by what the mental and the [[physical]] had in common, namely that they were both thought to be causally conditioned, with [[cause]] preceding effect in a regular, [[predictable]] way. Indeed, it was the regular, predictable nature of the [[mind]] that enabled [[spiritual]] practitioners to [[manipulate]] it to their [[desired]] goal of '''quiescence''',[http://0-www.rep.routledge.com.library.acaweb.org/ 2]

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism dualism] of Upaniṣadic [[thought]] is distinct from the dualism between the [[mind]] and the [[body]] in Western [[philosophy]]. In Cartesian dualism, the two domains that are sharply distinguished are the mental and the physical. While Indian philosophers certainly recognized such a distinction, they were more impressed by what the mental and the [[physical]] had in common, namely that they were both thought to be causally conditioned, with [[cause]] preceding effect in a regular, [[predictable]] way. Indeed, it was the regular, predictable nature of the [[mind]] that enabled [[spiritual]] practitioners to [[manipulate]] it to their [[desired]] goal of '''quiescence''',[http://0-www.rep.routledge.com.library.acaweb.org/ 2]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]