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In literature, “audient” extends far beyond its literal sense of “able to hear” to evoke a state of attentive obedience and heightened spiritual receptivity. Nietzsche’s striking depiction of an “audient ear” underscores a lack of proper responsiveness and obedience, hinting at a deeper, almost allegorical deficiency in perceiving truth [1]. In other works, the term is intertwined with mysticism and divination—where becoming “clair‐audient” signals an extraordinary ability to discern unseen voices or emphatic divine commands [2][3][4]. Similarly, in texts with biblical resonances, “audient” designates not merely the capacity to physically hear but to obey and internalize a sacred message, as illustrated in passages where listening to the voice of a higher power brings about life or transformation [5][6][7].
  1. The audient ear for ME—the OBEDIENT ear, is yet lacking in their limbs.”
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  2. Shall I become clair-audient?" "No," came for the second time.
    — from Seen and Unseen by E. Katherine (Emily Katherine) Bates
  3. The preaching mind will be in the best sense both clair-voyant and clair-audient.
    — from The Message and the Man:Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by J. Dodd (James Dodd) Jackson
  4. He had heard and felt a Presence, that was all; and after listening to my experience, he owned he was truly thankful he was only clair-audient.
    — from Animal Ghosts; Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
  5. Amen, amen dico vobis, quia venit hora, et nunc est, quando mortui audient vocem Filii Dei: et qui audierint, vivent.
    — from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory
  6. Nolite mirari hoc, quia venit hora in qua omnes qui in monumentis sunt, audient vocem Filii Dei: 28.
    — from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory
  7. Et alias oves habeo, quae non sunt ex hoc ovili: et illas oportet me adducere, et vocem meam audient, et fiet unum ovile, et unus pastor.
    — from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

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