apatheia

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/ˌæpəˈθiːə/

noun

A state of mind in Stoic philosophy in which one is free from emotional disturbance; the freedom from all passions.

OriginAncient Greek ἀπάθεια →
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Meanings

nounapatheia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA state of mind in Stoic philosophy in which one is free from emotional disturbance; the freedom from all passions.

    But, one might ask, how can the temporal event of God in our midst be the same as God's event to himself in his eternity if so absolute a distinction is drawn between the enarrable contents of history and the "eternal dynamism" of God's immutability, apatheia, and perfect fullness?

    2004, David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth, page 159

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀπάθεια
  2. Englishapatheia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia). Doublet of apathy.

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Translations

Finnish apatheia
  • apatheiafreedom from emotional disturbance, in Stoic philosophy
Portuguese apatia
  • apatiafreedom from emotional disturbance, in Stoic philosophy
Russian апатия
  • апатия (apatija)freedom from emotional disturbance, in Stoic philosophy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apatheia

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