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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL.

ataraxia

, Gr.

ἀταραξία

;

ἀ

priv. +

ταρακτόσ

disturbed,

ταράσσειν

to disturb.]

Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

Noun.

[Gr. of a priv. and tumult.]

Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics to denote a freedom from the emotions which proceed from vanity and self-conceit.