Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2015
The concept of hermit It is widely used in our language, having more than one sense.
The most popular and used by all is the one that designates that person who likes to be alone all the time, to live in absolute solitude, without relating to others, without having a social life in any way.
Is decision It may be due to a life choice or be the consequence of some psychic problems that lead the person to want be in that state.
We will not see the hermit in social gatherings, he will not leave his house a little and also if he crosses paths with someone he will keep few and concise words.
The common people who obviously do not live in this way see with bad eyes, with distrust the hermit, and even more, he will use the concept in a negative and indiscriminate way to refer to the one who demonstrates the features mentioned.
On the other hand, the concept is linked to apractice common to some religious who profess the religion Christian and who decide to seclude themselves in a hermitage in order to achieve a close and perfect relationship with God. The hermitage can be a sanctuary or a small chapel that is located on the outskirts of a
town or town. There are usually not in the same ordinary cults.Because the idea is to totally break with the ties that the city proposes, and in return remain silent and pray.
From the beginning of Christianity this conduct that over time was spreading.
It is also worth noting that the hermit in the sense just indicated is not typical of the Christian religion but rather It is also possible to find this practice within Buddhism, Hinduism and other oriental practices known.
And finally hermit can be a type of crab that lives inside an empty shell abandoned by a sea snail. Basically the shell uses it as protection. Formally this crustacean is called hermit crab and is characterized by presenting ten legs and a abdomen soft.
Themes in Hermit