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==Etymology==
[[Latin]] quiescent-, quiescens, present participle of quiescere to become quiet, rest, from quies
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1605]
==Definitions==
*1 : marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
*2 : causing no trouble or symptoms <quiescent gallstones>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiescent1]
==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]]."
==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]
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==Etymology==
[[Latin]] quiescent-, quiescens, present participle of quiescere to become quiet, rest, from quies
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1605]
==Definitions==
*1 : marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
*2 : causing no trouble or symptoms <quiescent gallstones>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiescent1]
==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]]."
==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]
[[Category: General Reference]]
