Cyclopædia
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APATHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APATHY
a moral Insensibility; or a Privation of all Passion, all Motion, or Perturbation of Mind. See PASSION. The Stoics affected an entire Apathy: their wise Man was to enjoy a perfect Calmness or Tranquility of Mind, incapable of being ruffled, and above...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ATARAXYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATARAXY
Ataraxia, a term much used by the Stoics, to denote that calmness and tranquillity of mind, and that firmness of judgment which sets us free from any agitations or emotions arising from self-opinion, and the knowledge we imagine ourselves possessed of....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACOLYTHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACOLYTHES
in Antiquity, a Term applied to such Persons as were steady and immovable in their Resolutions. For this Reason, the Stoics were called Acolythes; in regard, nothing could shake or alter their Resolves. See STOIC. Among Ecclesiastical Writers, the Term...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology