Quietism

Quietism is a term with multiple meanings and definitions.

Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer described Quietism as a form of denial of the will to live. According to him, this resignation and selflessness constitutes the last stage of intelligence and is the ultimate salvation or deliverance from the sufferings of the world. It is the last stage of intelligence because the mind comprehends the world, and therefore itself, as a blind urge to live which results, as a consequence, in suffering and pain. Quietists turn away from the world and from selfishness.

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