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A hermit (from the Greek language erēmos, signifying "desert", "uninhabited", hence "desert-dweller") is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion from society. Originally the term was applied to a Christian who lives the ''eremitic life'' out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament (i.e. the 40 years wandering in the desert that was meant to bring about a change of heart). Often – both in religious and secular literature – the term is used loosely for anyone living a solitary life-style – including the misanthropist – and in religious contexts is sometimes assumed to be interchangeable with ''anchorite''/''anchoress'' (from the Greek language anachōreō, signifying "to withdraw", "to depart into the country outside the circumvallated city"), recluse and ''solitary''. However, it is important to retain a clear distinction. Christian hermits in the past have most often lived in caves, forests, or deserts, but some of them preferred an isolated cell in a monastery or even a city. From what we know from their contribution to our Christian heritage, male hermits were more common than female. As regards the anchorites, one that has left a lasting impression on Christian spirituality is the England anchoress Julian of Norwich. ==Hermits in religion== [[Image:Kerkzomerpiep.jpg|thumb|right|Hermitage "Our Lady the Garden Enclosed" in Warfhuizen, the Netherlands.]] From a religion point of view, the solitary life is a form of asceticism, wherein the hermit renounces wordly concerns and pleasures in order to come closer to the deity they worship or revere. This practice appears in Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. In ascetic hermitism, the hermit seeks solitude for meditation, contemplation, and prayer without the distractions of contact with human society, sex, or the need to maintain socially acceptable standards of cleanliness or dress. The ascetic discipline can also include a simplified diet (nutrition) and/or manual labor as a means of support; for example, the early Christian Desert Fathers often wove baskets to exchange for bread. Ironically, religious hermits are often sought out for spiritual advice and counsel and may eventually acquire so many disciples that they have no solitude at all. Examples include Anthony the Great, who attracted such a large body of followers in the Egyptian desert that he is considered by both Catholics and the Eastern Orthodoxy to be the "Founder of Monasticism", and Gautama Buddha, who, having abandoned his family for a solitary quest for spiritual enlightenment, ended up as the founder of Buddhism. One interesting variation of the eremitic life is the Carthusian order of Roman Catholic monks and nuns. Carthusians live in what are essentially "Community of hermits", each monastic having their own cell (with sleeping chamber, study, and workshop) where they spend most of their time alone, except when they meet in church for worship, and on other occasions. Other religious hermits include Simeon Stylites, Herman of Alaska, Thomas Merton, Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, and Charles de Foucauld. ==Non-religious hermits== It is also possible for people to forsake human society for reasons other than religious. For example, Henry David Thoreau spent two years living an essentially solitary life near Walden Pond in pursuit of a simple, environmentalism life. In a more notorious case, Theodore Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber", lived in a remote cabin in Montana which gave him both refuge from what he viewed as a society corrupted by technology and privacy to build mailbombs. ==Hermits in philosophy== Friedrich Nietzsche, in his influential work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, created the character of the hermit Zarathustra (fictional philosopher) (named after the Zoroastrianism prophet Zoroaster), who emerges from seclusion to extol his philosophy to the rest of humanity. Diogenes the Cynic, an Ancient Greece philosopher, led an ascetic life in a barrel. According to legend, when Alexander the Great came to him one day and offered to grant him a wish, Diogenes asked Alexander to step out of his sunlight. ==See also== *Monasticism *Solitude *Silence ==External links== *[http://www.hermitary.com/ Hermitary: the hermit, hermits, recluses, eremiticism, solitude]
== Anchorite == I removed the circular wiki on anchorite, as it simply redirected to this page. If someone wants to help define the distinctions on this page, that would be great. User:JHCC 14:04, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Heraclitus == I have a strong feeling that the Greek philosopher Heraclitus was not only a hermit, but a very influential pre-Socratic philosopher. Being my favorite western philosopher, I probably couldn't describe him with NPOV, but I think someone should. Just a thought. User:Rokenrol 20:45, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Diogenes == What is Diogenes doing here? Even if an ascetic and cynic (in the classical) sense, he was hardly a hermit. -- User:Cimon avaro 05:41, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC) == NPOV? == "John Chrysostom examplifies a misogynous hermit; he said that it was preferable to remain single than to have to bear the burden of a woman (among other contemptuous concepts on women)" Can't say I agree with many of John Chrysostom views, but describing his views as "contemptuous" seems to break NPOV. User:Aecarol 20:12, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) Actually, I think perhaps the author of that statement meant to say "views that hold women in contempt." However, I also have to say that this is the first time that I have seen being a hermit treated ''exclusively'' as a psychological illness. As far as I know, the term hermit is not most commonly used among people to refer to someone suffering from a psychological illness! The article seems to be based almost exclusively on the thought of Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, and I think it may be NPOV for the reason that it does not reflect a plurality of even ''commonly'' held viewpoints or really provides much description of hermits or their motivations for being hermits outside of a diagnosis of their "mental illness." I think most of the content present in the current article should be subordinated to other information in a new article, which describes objectively what a hermit is and expresses the viewpoints presented in this article along with others in the body of the description. Of course, it is always easier to express the work that has to be done but much more difficult to actually do it, so guess what I'm not going to do :P ? Sorry, but I probably am not qualified anyways to do it. --User:Conwiktion 14:42, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC) There's some confusion here between "hermit" and ascetic. A hermit (in the religious context) is an ascetic who retreats into solitude to escape the temptations that come with contact with other people. On the other hand, it is possible to live a life of ascetiscm either in community with other ascetics (as in a large monastery) or as part of society as a whole. While John Chrysostom was certainly ascetic, he was by no means a hermit (hard to do if you are the bishop of the capital of the eastern Roman Empire!); Anthony the Great was definitely a hermit, at least until disciples started gathering around him. User:JHCC 21:26, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC) Agree with JHCC's point. Also, I don't understand the assertion that being a hermit is described in the article as being a "mental illness". It seems to me that the author who wrote that is reading too much into the article. Perhaps it's been changed since that comment, but the current article in no way equates being a hermit with suffering from a form of mental illness. :Look into the history of this article, especially before & after User:Cnp8's edits. Before she/he made the changes, the article clearly suggested that hermits were either sex perverts or psychotics, and quoted von Krafft-Ebing that religious feeling was a form of hysteria (which I doubt is included in DSM-IV, at least how von Krafft-Ebing appears to use the term). It was clearly POV, & is much less so now. Perhaps the label can now be removed? :(P.S., could people please sign their comments? Thanks.) -- User:Llywrch 04:41, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) == What about Thoreau? == Does anyone agree with me that Thoreau should be mentioned? I didn't see him in there. He wasn't entirely a hermit or ascetic but he was deffinitally kind of secluded and obstained from alot of things, such as consumerism and all that nifty stuff... I mean c'mon, he lived in the woods in a cabin he made himself and grew beans all year round. Sounds kinda hermit-ish if you ask me!
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Hello there Hermit, Welcome, newcomers to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to wikipedians. If you need any questions answered about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or drop me a user talk:maveric149. Cheers! --user:maveric149 ---- Hi 12.217.116.xxx, I noticed that you've been adding links to HavenWorks new sites all over the place. Most of the time, these don't seem to be appropriate — current military news in The Art of War being the most egregious so far. This is why I've been removing most of the ones that I've found. I appreciate your desire to provide external links to related news — I haven't been removing all of your links, after all — but I suggest that you should be more particular about where you place them. Thanks, and welcome to Wikipedia! — User:Toby Bartels 03:52 Jul 30, 2002 (PDT) : I think Hermit's desire is rather to generate some traffic to his own website, rather than improving Wikipedia with external links (http://www.havenworks.com/hermit ). User:Jheijmans Well, yeah, I think so too, but maybe (s)he'll surprise us, hence my comment. I thought that the link at Comic strip was useful, at least the one that I didn't delete. — User:Toby Bartels 04:23 Jul 30, 2002 (PDT)
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A hermit (from the Greek language erēmos, signifying "desert", "uninhabited", hence "desert-dweller") is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion from society. Originally the term was applied to a Christian who lives the ''eremitic life'' out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament (i.e. the 40 years wandering in the desert that was meant to bring about a change of heart). Often – both in religious and secular literature – the term is used loosely for anyone living a solitary life-style – including the misanthropist – and in religious contexts is sometimes assumed to be interchangeable with ''anchorite''/''anchoress'' (from the Greek language anachōreō, signifying "to withdraw", "to depart into the country outside the circumvallated city"), recluse and ''solitary''. However, it is important to retain a clear distinction. Christian hermits in the past have most often lived in caves, forests, or deserts, but some of them preferred an isolated cell in a monastery or even a city. From what we know from their contribution to our Christian heritage, male hermits were more common than female. As regards the anchorites, one that has left a lasting impression on Christian spirituality is the England anchoress Julian of Norwich. ==Hermits in religion== [[Image:Kerkzomerpiep.jpg|thumb|right|Hermitage "Our Lady the Garden Enclosed" in Warfhuizen, the Netherlands.]] From a religion point of view, the solitary life is a form of asceticism, wherein the hermit renounces wordly concerns and pleasures in order to come closer to the deity they worship or revere. This practice appears in Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. In ascetic hermitism, the hermit seeks solitude for meditation, contemplation, and prayer without the distractions of contact with human society, sex, or the need to maintain socially acceptable standards of cleanliness or dress. The ascetic discipline can also include a simplified diet (nutrition) and/or manual labor as a means of support; for example, the early Christian Desert Fathers often wove baskets to exchange for bread. Ironically, religious hermits are often sought out for spiritual advice and counsel and may eventually acquire so many disciples that they have no solitude at all. Examples include Anthony the Great, who attracted such a large body of followers in the Egyptian desert that he is considered by both Catholics and the Eastern Orthodoxy to be the "Founder of Monasticism", and Gautama Buddha, who, having abandoned his family for a solitary quest for spiritual enlightenment, ended up as the founder of Buddhism. One interesting variation of the eremitic life is the Carthusian order of Roman Catholic monks and nuns. Carthusians live in what are essentially "Community of hermits", each monastic having their own cell (with sleeping chamber, study, and workshop) where they spend most of their time alone, except when they meet in church for worship, and on other occasions. Other religious hermits include Simeon Stylites, Herman of Alaska, Thomas Merton, Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, and Charles de Foucauld. ==Non-religious hermits== It is also possible for people to forsake human society for reasons other than religious. For example, Henry David Thoreau spent two years living an essentially solitary life near Walden Pond in pursuit of a simple, environmentalism life. In a more notorious case, Theodore Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber", lived in a remote cabin in Montana which gave him both refuge from what he viewed as a society corrupted by technology and privacy to build mailbombs. ==Hermits in philosophy== Friedrich Nietzsche, in his influential work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, created the character of the hermit Zarathustra (fictional philosopher) (named after the Zoroastrianism prophet Zoroaster), who emerges from seclusion to extol his philosophy to the rest of humanity. Diogenes the Cynic, an Ancient Greece philosopher, led an ascetic life in a barrel. According to legend, when Alexander the Great came to him one day and offered to grant him a wish, Diogenes asked Alexander to step out of his sunlight. ==See also== *Monasticism *Solitude *Silence ==External links== *[http://www.hermitary.com/ Hermitary: the hermit, hermits, recluses, eremiticism, solitude]
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== Anchorite == I removed the circular wiki on anchorite, as it simply redirected to this page. If someone wants to help define the distinctions on this page, that would be great. User:JHCC 14:04, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Heraclitus == I have a strong feeling that the Greek philosopher Heraclitus was not only a hermit, but a very influential pre-Socratic philosopher. Being my favorite western philosopher, I probably couldn't describe him with NPOV, but I think someone should. Just a thought. User:Rokenrol 20:45, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Diogenes == What is Diogenes doing here? Even if an ascetic and cynic (in the classical) sense, he was hardly a hermit. -- User:Cimon avaro 05:41, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC) == NPOV? == "John Chrysostom examplifies a misogynous hermit; he said that it was preferable to remain single than to have to bear the burden of a woman (among other contemptuous concepts on women)" Can't say I agree with many of John Chrysostom views, but describing his views as "contemptuous" seems to break NPOV. User:Aecarol 20:12, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC) Actually, I think perhaps the author of that statement meant to say "views that hold women in contempt." However, I also have to say that this is the first time that I have seen being a hermit treated ''exclusively'' as a psychological illness. As far as I know, the term hermit is not most commonly used among people to refer to someone suffering from a psychological illness! The article seems to be based almost exclusively on the thought of Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, and I think it may be NPOV for the reason that it does not reflect a plurality of even ''commonly'' held viewpoints or really provides much description of hermits or their motivations for being hermits outside of a diagnosis of their "mental illness." I think most of the content present in the current article should be subordinated to other information in a new article, which describes objectively what a hermit is and expresses the viewpoints presented in this article along with others in the body of the description. Of course, it is always easier to express the work that has to be done but much more difficult to actually do it, so guess what I'm not going to do :P ? Sorry, but I probably am not qualified anyways to do it. --User:Conwiktion 14:42, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC) There's some confusion here between "hermit" and ascetic. A hermit (in the religious context) is an ascetic who retreats into solitude to escape the temptations that come with contact with other people. On the other hand, it is possible to live a life of ascetiscm either in community with other ascetics (as in a large monastery) or as part of society as a whole. While John Chrysostom was certainly ascetic, he was by no means a hermit (hard to do if you are the bishop of the capital of the eastern Roman Empire!); Anthony the Great was definitely a hermit, at least until disciples started gathering around him. User:JHCC 21:26, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC) Agree with JHCC's point. Also, I don't understand the assertion that being a hermit is described in the article as being a "mental illness". It seems to me that the author who wrote that is reading too much into the article. Perhaps it's been changed since that comment, but the current article in no way equates being a hermit with suffering from a form of mental illness. :Look into the history of this article, especially before & after User:Cnp8's edits. Before she/he made the changes, the article clearly suggested that hermits were either sex perverts or psychotics, and quoted von Krafft-Ebing that religious feeling was a form of hysteria (which I doubt is included in DSM-IV, at least how von Krafft-Ebing appears to use the term). It was clearly POV, & is much less so now. Perhaps the label can now be removed? :(P.S., could people please sign their comments? Thanks.) -- User:Llywrch 04:41, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) == What about Thoreau? == Does anyone agree with me that Thoreau should be mentioned? I didn't see him in there. He wasn't entirely a hermit or ascetic but he was deffinitally kind of secluded and obstained from alot of things, such as consumerism and all that nifty stuff... I mean c'mon, he lived in the woods in a cabin he made himself and grew beans all year round. Sounds kinda hermit-ish if you ask me!
Perhaps sparked by Thoureau, it was modish in the 1800s among landed New Englanders to have a hermit living on their estate. Somebody might want to explore that topic. -KJJ
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