10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATARAXY»
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ataraxy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A History of Ancient Philosophy III: Systems of the ...
The ideal of ataraxy Even the moral goals to which all Hellenistic philosophical
schools aspired were fundamentally identical. All wanted to teach how to be
happy and all identified happiness with something more negative than positive,
more ...
Giovanni Reale, John R. Catan, 1985
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2, History of ...
This distinctively proto-scientific peace of mind the Chinese knew as ching hsin.1
The atomistic followers of Democritus and the Epicureans knew it as arapa^ta,
ataraxy.c We have already noticed (p. 40) the story in Lieh Tzu of the man of Chhi
...
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The Teachings of Hasidism
uses the Greek philosophical term ataraxy (meaning the absence of passion,
complete imperturbability) to describe the ideas about complete indifference to
one's fate in this world, voiced by such Jewish thinkers as Rabbi Bahya Ibn
Paqudah, ...
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A History of Ancient Philosophy III: Systems of the ...
The ideal of ataraxy Even the moral goals to which all Hellenistic philosophical
schools aspired were fundamentally identical. All wanted to teach how to be
happy and all identified happiness with something more negative than positive,
more ...
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Thomas à Becket; a tragedy [in five acts, and in verse] and ...
And now, whenever I recall Thy copses, woods, and blest fireside, Her image
doth before me glide, Pervading, beautifying all : The maiden, bride, wife, mother,
seem to be, Dear Ataraxy, but a part of thee. ANDREW JACKSON. A MAN, whose
...
Gideon Hiram HOLLISTER, 1866
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A Companion to Foucault
The purpose or telos of these practices, these exercises, these principles, these
modes, these techniques turned on: The two great themes of ataraxy (the
absence of inner turmoil, the self-control that ensures that nothing disturbs you),
and ...
Christopher Falzon, Timothy O'Leary, Jana Sawicki, 2013
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Poetics and Praxis, Understanding and Imagination: The ...
They are even exempted thereby from zeal about their own doctrine." At its
coolest, ataraxy produces the spectator who views life ironically and refuses to
become involved. However, spectators are also outsiders, and for outsiders,
detachment ...
O. B. Hardison, Arthur F. Kinney, 1997
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Marx Doctoral Dissertation.pdf
If the heavenly bodies are divine, why should our tranquillity, our ataraxy, be in
any way disturbed by what we see in the heavens, for surely no injury can come
from bodies which obey divine laws and run eternally on their way as they have ...
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Law, Order and Freedom: A Historical Introduction to Legal ...
... how to eliminate them. This results in apathy (indifference) and ataraxy (being
undisturbed): a state of supreme happiness. In their ability to participate in the
logos by means of apathy and ataraxy, all people are, in principle, equal to each
...
C. W. Maris, F. C. L. M. Jacobs, 2011
Again, the reason for Epicurus's failure to understand this point lies in his
principle of ataraxy. If eternal movement becomes temporal at the same time, the
"eternal universe" cannot remain constant. The knowledge of immortality that
produces ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATARAXY»
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ataraxy is used in the context of the following news items.
Barton Hall Transformed: The 31st Annual Cornell Fashion …
... androgynous primary colored “Co-Ed,” Riley Kilgariff's '16 severe yet whimsical “Ataraxy” and Caroline Donelan's '16 line of brightly colored ... «Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun, Apr 15»
Ruben Pang's “Ataraxy” at Chan Hampe Galleries
SINGAPORE — Ruben Pang's fifth solo show at Chan Hampe Galleries, “Ataraxy,” comes from the Greek meaning “a state of maintaining ... «Artinfo UK, Feb 15»
Artist Ruben Pang wraps up fifth straight sell-out solo show
Titled Ataraxy, the exhibition presents new works that portray creators - historical as well as fictional artists - in the midst of contemplation, ... «The Straits Times, Jan 15»
Your Guide to ART IN MOTION 2015
... as well as “Ataraxy,” a long-awaited solo show by young Singaporean painter Ruben Pang, whose enigmatic and haunting pieces sold out at ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jan 15»
Drawn in a Forest
ATARAXY is an SAT word that makes an appearance in the New York Times crossword after 16 years of serene calmness. Did you know that a ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
UD's Annette Giesecke has been named a Jashemski Lecturer by …
Giesecke has authored several books examining the connection between nature and culture including Atoms, Ataraxy and Allusion (2000), The ... «University of Delaware, Oct 13»
How PV became PM
His ataraxy ensured serene calmness. At the same time he was no saint. His private life inclined towards passion and sensuality. Very few were ... «The Hindu, Jul 12»
Hexagon in Reading to host schools of rock
... Fortune Favors the Fallen from Kennet School from Thatcham, Dispoze and Ataraxy at Denefield School in Tilehurst, Courtesy of My Thinking ... «BBC Berkshire, Jan 10»
Will Self: PsychoGeography
... not while so many of the faces in the crowd bore the impress of either distress, or the ataraxy imparted by the medication used to suppress it. «Independent, Jul 08»
Book tills new soil in ancient gardens
Giesecke, whose first book, Atoms, Ataraxy and Illusion (published in 2000 by Georg Olms Verlag, a German press) focused on Lucretius and ... «University of Delaware, Feb 08»
