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

The method, however, by which ataraxia or peace of mind could be reached, was peculiar to the Sceptic.

From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Patrick, Mary Mills

Such an ataraxia may have been obtained by a few sages of old, but it is hardly human, and Jefferson, like Adams, was very human.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Revolting against the voluptuous ataraxia of a certain class of Parisian music, he set up, with violence, a manly, healthy pessimism.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert