inwardness

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Martin Luther’s personal spiritual struggles brought St. Paul’s inwardness to its fullest expression; after Luther, Mr. Persico writes, “God no longer resided in the heavens, but in the human heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Herman Melville in particular — one of the “great explorers of inwardness, mystery and the inexplicable” — became a companion spirit, traveling some of the same paths as Iyer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023

It explores the tension between the inwardness of Romantic philosophy and the ethical or political aspirations of its practitioners, nearly all of whom supported the French Revolution.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

His starkly slow tempos — with the works running, in some cases, a minute or longer than usual — give these nocturnes a Satie-like inwardness.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Obinze, with his air of calm and inwardness, made it even more intriguing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie