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Webster 1913 Edition


Ataraxy

{ ‖

Atˊa-rax′i-a

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At′a-raxˊy

, }
Noun.
[NL.
ataraxia
, Gr.
ἀταραξία
;
priv. +
ταρακτόσ
disturbed,
ταράσσειν
to disturb.]
Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ataraxy

AT'ARAXY

,
Noun.
[Gr. of a priv. and tumult.]
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)

  1. 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.

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