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Ataraxy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as ataraxia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
  • Word Usage
    "This fear is one source of perturbation (tarakhê), and is a worse curse than physical pain itself; the absence of such fear is ataraxy, lack of perturbation, and ataraxy, together with freedom from physical pain, is one way of specifying the goal of life, for Epicurus."
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