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Webster 1913 Edition
Ataraxy
{ ‖
Atˊa-rax′i-a
,At′a-raxˊy
, }Noun.
[NL.
ataraxia
, Gr. ἀταραξία
; ἀ
priv. + ταρακτόσ
disturbed, ταράσσειν
to disturb.] Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ataraxy
AT'ARAXY
,Noun.
Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics to denote a freedom from the emotions which proceed from vanity and self-conceit.
Definition 2024
ataraxy
ataraxy
English
Noun
ataraxy (uncountable)
- Freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively […].
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- There was no longer any need for fortitude: he felt nothing at present and there was no point in artificial ataraxy.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea Of Fun:
- I was nonplussed, I stared at my teacher, never before had his swollen face seemed so replete with indifference, stone ataraxy.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
Translations
the freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference
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Anagrams
- arataxy