ataraxy
(ˈætəræksɪ)
Also 7 ataraxie, and in L. form ataraxia (ætəˈræksɪə).
[ad. Gr. ἀταραξία impassiveness, f. ἀ priv. + ταράσσ-ειν to disturb, stir up. Cf. F. ataraxie (Cotgr.).]
Freedom from disturbance of mind or passion; stoical indifference.
| 1603 Florio Montaigne (1634) 281 Ataraxie..is the condition of a quiet and setled life. 1864 R. Burton Dahome II. 98 The ataraxy and the comme il faut calm that characterises the more refined Anglo-Tropical mind. 1882 Sat. Rev. 20 May 624 They go their way unmolested and have attained to literary ataraxia. |