Ataraxia

Quick meaning: Ataraxia is a noun meaning (literary, Greek philosophy) Tranquility of mind; absence of mental disturbance.

Meaning

(literary, Greek philosophy) Tranquility of mind; absence of mental disturbance.

Example Sentences

O, for that apathy of soul, that sweet ataraxia, of which I have heard, which forbids alike the approaches of pleasure and pain, hope and despair!

[…] 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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• ataraxias

Synonyms for ataraxia

Depending on context, synonyms include ataraxy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ataraxis, ataraxy, apatheia, aponia, rest, imperturbation.

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