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ataraxynoun
The freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ATARAXIA, Ataraxynoun
Exemption from vexation; tranquillity.
Etymology: ἀταϱαξία.
The scepticks affected an indifferent equiponderous neutrality, as the only means to their ataraxia, and freedom from passionate disturbances. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica.
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In Ancient Greek philosophy, Ataraxia (Greek: ἀταραξία, from ("a-", negation) and tarachē "disturbance, trouble"; is a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry. In non-philosophical usage, ataraxia was the ideal mental state for soldiers entering battle. Achieving ataraxia is a common goal for Pyrrhonism and Epicureanism, and Stoicism, but the role and value of ataraxia within each philosophy varies in accordance with their philosophical theories. The mental disturbances that prevent one from achieving ataraxia vary among the philosophies, and each philosophy has a different understanding as to how to achieve ataraxia. In Pyrrhonism, ataraxia is the intended result of epoché (i.e., suspension of judgment) regarding all matters of dogma (i.e., non-evident belief), which represents the central aim of Pyrrhonist practice, that is necessary to bring about eudaimonia.Ataraxia is a key component of the Epicurean conception of pleasure (hedone), which they consider highest good. Epicureans break pleasure down into two categories: the physical and the mental. They consider mental, not physical, pleasures to be the greatest sort of pleasure because physical pleasures exist only in the present; while mental pleasures exist in the past, the present, and the future. Epicureans further separate pleasure into what they call (kinetic) pleasure, those that come about through action or change, and katastematic pleasures, those that come about through an absence of distress. Those who achieved freedom from physical disturbance were said to be in a state of aponia, while those who achieved freedom from mental disturbances were said to be in a state of ataraxia. Ataraxia, as both a mental and katastematic pleasure, is key to a person's happiness.In Stoicism, unlike Pyrrhonism or Epicureanism, ataraxia, or tranquility of the mind., is not the ultimate goal of life. Instead, the goal is a life of virtue according to nature, which is intended to bring about apatheia, the absence of unhealthy passions. However, since the Stoic in a state of apatheia does not care about matters outside of themselves and is not susceptible to emotion, they would be unable to be disturbed by anything at all, meaning that they were also in a stage of mental tranquility and thus in a state of ataraxia.
Webster Dictionary
Ataraxynoun
perfect peace of mind, or calmness
Etymology: [NL. ataraxia, Gr. 'ataraxi`a; 'a priv. + tarakto`s disturbed, tara`ssein to disturb.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ataraxy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ataraxy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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