ataraxia

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For Epicurus, achieving ataraxia requires confronting irrational fears, especially the fear of death.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

And I think what I found is much like what Greek philosophers called ataraxia, a suspended kind of calm in which you can find a surprising strength.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2015

When the sage realizes this, he will cease to prefer one course of action to another, and the result will be apathy, "ataraxia."

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

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.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

Christians for a century or two never thought of ataraxia or apathy, and, though Clement of Alexandria plays with them, he tries to give them a new turn.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)