Thursday, January 11, 2007

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Vocabulary word for the day (Thanks, Madame Marie):

Ataraxia (Αταραξία) is a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for freedom from worry or any other preoccupation, and for Epicurus was the first step to achieve Hêdonê, the pleasure.

For the Stoics, ataraxia was synonymous with the only true happiness possible for man. It signifies the detached and balanced state of mind that shows that man has transcended the material world and is now harvesting all the comforts of philosophy.

source: Wikipedia

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