ataraxia
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See also: ataràxia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía), ἀ- (a-, “negative prefix”) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “trouble, disturb”). Doublet of ataraxy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ætəˈɹæksiə/
Noun[edit]
ataraxia (usually uncountable, plural ataraxias)
- (literary, Greek philosophy) Tranquility of mind; absence of mental disturbance.
- Synonyms: peace of mind, ataraxy
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XXVII, in Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion with a Reply to the Exceptions of the Learned Thomas Albius[1], London: E. Cotes, page 168:
- And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.
- 1921, J.E. Crawford Flitch, transl., The Tragic Sense Of Life[3], translation of Del sentimiento trágico de la vida by Miguel de Unamuno:
- That terrible Latin poet Lucretius, whose apparent serenity and Epicurean ataraxia conceal so much despair, said that piety consists in the power to contemplate all things with a serene soul—pacata posse mente omnia tueri.
- 2006, Robert Harris, Imperium[4], London: Arrow Books, Part 2, Chapter 15, p. 400:
- […] he was an Epicurean not in the commonly misunderstood sense, as a seeker after luxury, but in the true meaning, as a pursuer of what the Greeks call ataraxia, or freedom from disturbance.
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Translations[edit]
absence of mental disturbance
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía).
Noun[edit]
ataraxia inan
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ra‧xi‧a
Noun[edit]
ataraxia f (plural ataraxias)
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ataraxia f
- definite nominative singular of ataraxie: the ataraxia
- definite accusative singular of ataraxie: the ataraxia
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía).
Noun[edit]
ataraxia f (plural ataraxias)
Further reading[edit]
- “ataraxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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