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apatheia
Works in 11 traditions beyond Greek attest this concept, on 1,745 cited pages. Translators have rendered it as “apathy”, “impassibilitas”, “impassibilite”; a link through a rendering is marked as such, because another translator chose differently.
Also under: apathia · apatheian · apatheias · apatheiai · απαθεια · apathiam · ἀπάθεια · ἀπαθείας · ἀπάθειαν · tes apatheias · “apathy” · “impassibilitas” · “impassibilite”
115works in other traditions, with a cited page
16works in Greek, its home tradition on the maps
79further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
1judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
Analogues, judged
A different word, in another tradition, that a reviewer judged to name a neighbouring idea. These are not attestations of apatheia; each carries the reviewer’s confidence and reason.
- śamatha Buddhist50%Buddhist calm-abiding meditation per evidence; a practice, not the Stoic state - shares only the gloss 'tranquility'
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 350 BCECynic askesis (Diogenes, Crates, the Cynic Epistles; Dio Chrysostom)same word
- 300 BCEEpicurus, Letter to Herodotus (soul as fine atoms; eidōla and dreams), via Diogenes Laertius Xsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 280 BCEEarly Stoic fragments (Zeno, Cleanthes’ Hymn to Zeus, Chrysippus on the passions)same word
- 250 BCEChrysippus and the early Stoics, fragments (SVF; Hierocles, Elements of Ethics)same word
- 40 CEPhilo of Alexandria, De vita contemplativa (the Therapeutae)same word
- 100 CEPlutarch, Moraliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passione previous page: [one must guard against] the softness and pleasure-seeking that tickles the eyes and ears... ...to fearPlutarch's Moralia, Vol. 1, 1888, p. 340 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionon to the Stoic "wise man," compared here to the Lapiths , however, as if forged by them from the adamantine material ofMoralia, Vol. 5, 1888, p. 293 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passion> the farmers snatched away before they were fledged." Homer, *Odyssey* 19.518-519 134. Now, the Stoics place virtue inMoralia, Vol. 6, 1888, p. 466 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 100 CEEpictetus, Enchiridion and Discoursessame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionwn aversion and will be unfortunate. If, however, virtue holds the promise of producing happiness, impassivity original:The Discourses of Epictetus, Volume I, 1898, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionrefore, with small things. The little oil is spilled, the little wine is stolen; say to yourself, "This is the price forEpictetus, Aesop and Ignatios the Deacon (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.6.41), 1350, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — tranquillityhaving further learned that there is no other way for a person to obtain a smooth-flowing life and freedom from passionἘπικτήτου Διατριβαί (Epicteti Dissertationes), 1799, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 100 CEDio Chrysostom, Discoursessame word
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses and Enchiridion (prohairesis, the use of impressions), with Simplicius' commentarysame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionwn aversion and will be unfortunate. If, however, virtue holds the promise of producing happiness, impassivity original:The Discourses of Epictetus, Volume I, 1898, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionrefore, with small things. The little oil is spilled, the little wine is stolen; say to yourself, "This is the price forEpictetus, Aesop and Ignatios the Deacon (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.6.41), 1350, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — tranquillityhaving further learned that there is no other way for a person to obtain a smooth-flowing life and freedom from passionἘπικτήτου Διατριβαί (Epicteti Dissertationes), 1799, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses (Arrian)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionwn aversion and will be unfortunate. If, however, virtue holds the promise of producing happiness, impassivity original:The Discourses of Epictetus, Volume I, 1898, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — tranquillityhaving further learned that there is no other way for a person to obtain a smooth-flowing life and freedom from passionἘπικτήτου Διατριβαί (Epicteti Dissertationes), 1799, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheian — freedom from passionrything: in honor, in office, in court, in every small business. Consider these things, if you wish to exchange them forArrian, Discourses of Epictetus (Greek-Latin, Oporinus), 1554, p. 13 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 125 CEEpictetus, Enchiridionsame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionrefore, with small things. The little oil is spilled, the little wine is stolen; say to yourself, "This is the price forEpictetus, Aesop and Ignatios the Deacon (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.6.41), 1350, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiaelf by day and by night, leaping up from my dreams, troubled, trembling at every report, and having my own peace of mindEpictetus' Discourses Vol. 2 (Books 3-4) & Encheiridion, 1898, p. 202 · original word kept by the translator
- 170 CEMarcus Aurelius, Meditationssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEGalen, De placitis Hippocratis et Platonissame word
- 170 CEAelius Aristides, Sacred Tales (Hieroi logoi)same word
- 190 CEGalen, Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur (with De temperamentis, De locis affectis)same word
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from passiona little to rightly forming Galen’s morals and the moderation of his life. I know the Stoics are censured for requiringAll Existing Works, 1565, p. 14 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπαθείας — impassivity/lack of feeling, unless we are leading a discussion to the final examination, as we are doing at present. Thus, therefore, the dogma ofOn Temperaments and on Unequal Intemperance, 1881, p. 191 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CESextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism; Adversus Mathematicos VII–VIII (the criterion, perception, sign)same word
- apatheiality or peace of mind. , and his life furnished a marked example of the spirit of indifference, for which the expressionSextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism, 1899, p. 99 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiaid long or short, as we refer them to the time that happens to accompany them. Feelings pathe and the absence of feelingsThe Collected Works of Sextus Empiricus, 1718, p. 711 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of the Philosophers (doxography of soul theories)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionving changed, he became a Cynic, having taken a tribon coarse cloak and a wallet; and constantly inciting himself towardDiogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, 1300, p. 149 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — lack of feeling/distressdaughters of memory meaning: as one of the Muses has brought to completion. He was the leader who began the impassivityLives of the Philosophers, 1533, p. 317 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionchose the Cynic way of life, having taken the pallium cloak C D and the wallet. And what else? He molded himself towardDiogenous Laertiou Peri biōn, dogmatōn kai apophthegmatōn tōn en philosophia eudokimēsantōn biblia 10, 1593, p. 309 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosopherssame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionving changed, he became a Cynic, having taken a tribon coarse cloak and a wallet; and constantly inciting himself towardDiogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, 1300, p. 149 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — lack of feeling/distressdaughters of memory meaning: as one of the Muses has brought to completion. He was the leader who began the impassivityLives of the Philosophers, 1533, p. 317 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionchose the Cynic way of life, having taken the pallium cloak C D and the wallet. And what else? He molded himself towardDiogenous Laertiou Peri biōn, dogmatōn kai apophthegmatōn tōn en philosophia eudokimēsantōn biblia 10, 1593, p. 309 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (I.6, IV.8, V.1, VI.9: turning inward and union)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingat all? Or [one] might not even posit friendship toward itself as the cause of these things. Consequently, through thisCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 407 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheia" they say, for it is especially for him not to be cold and fruitless, to return this still. One does not recover apathyThe Enneads, 1455-1460, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- ἀπάθειαν — apatheiantasis in Plotinus’s system, the realm of eternal Truth and the Forms. , yet says there is no **impassivity** impassivityPlotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 133 · original word kept by the translator
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (IV on the soul; V on Nous; I.1 What is the living being and what is man)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingat all? Or [one] might not even posit friendship toward itself as the cause of these things. Consequently, through thisCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 407 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheia" they say, for it is especially for him not to be cold and fruitless, to return this still. One does not recover apathyThe Enneads, 1455-1460, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- ἀπάθειαν — apatheiantasis in Plotinus’s system, the realm of eternal Truth and the Forms. , yet says there is no **impassivity** impassivityPlotinus, Enneads I-VI; Porphyry, Vita Plotini, 1464, p. 133 · original word kept by the translator
- 270 CEPorphyry, Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes (with Vita Plotini, Ad Marcellam)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheiaGod—this being both our hymn of praise and our salvation. This sacrifice is perfected in the soul's freedom from passionThree Short Works (including Life of Pythagoras), 1886, p. 152 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathynce. **Temperance** is the soul's inward turning toward the Intellect. And **fortitude** is a state of being undisturbedSelect Works of Porphyry, 1823, p. 242 · original word kept by the translator
- apathyreprove itself for its weakness. These, however, are still only moderations of the passions; they terminate at length inSelect Works of Porphyry (On Abstinence, Cave of the Nymphs, Auxiliaries), 1823, p. 248 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 270 CEPorphyry, Letter to Marcellasame word
- 270 CEPorphyry, De abstinentiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheiaexert every effort to become like God and those beings who surround Him. This likeness is achieved through impassibilityOn Abstinence from Animal Food, 1767, p. 228 · original word kept by the translator
- apathyreprove itself for its weakness. These, however, are still only moderations of the passions; they terminate at length inSelect Works of Porphyry (On Abstinence, Cave of the Nymphs, Auxiliaries), 1823, p. 248 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 270 CEPorphyry, De abstinentia (animal souls, the pneumatic vehicle, daimones)same word
- 270 CEPorphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphsa translator’s rendering
- 290 CEPorphyry, Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentessame word and a translator’s rendering
- apathynce. **Temperance** is the soul's inward turning toward the Intellect. And **fortitude** is a state of being undisturbedSelect Works of Porphyry, 1823, p. 242 · original word kept by the translator
- apathyreprove itself for its weakness. These, however, are still only moderations of the passions; they terminate at length inSelect Works of Porphyry (On Abstinence, Cave of the Nymphs, Auxiliaries), 1823, p. 248 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, On the Pythagorean Lifesame word and a translator’s rendering
- apathyor its own weakness. These states, however, are still only the moderation of the passions, but they eventually result inLife of Pythagoras (Iamblichus), 1818, p. 265 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathyeans, defaming and reviling them, calling them arrogant, and asserting that their gravity, their pretended fidelity, andLife of Pythagoras, with Pythagorean Fragments, 1818, p. 193 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, De anima (fragments in Stobaeus)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ἀπαθείας — apatheiaso we moor a ship with only one anchor. We do not guide 25 life toward the harbor of tranquility with only a single hope.The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 536 · original word kept by the translator
- apatheiahabit. At the same time, they gain stronger bodies through the practice. After nobility, we should consider impassivityTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 248 · original word kept by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, Protrepticussame word
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (Reply to Porphyry’s Letter to Anebo)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (divination, possession, ecstasy, theurgy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 301 CEPorphyry, Life of Plotinussame word
- 400 CEEunapius, Lives of the Philosophers and Sophistssame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from emotional disturbanceage of twenty. Even then, the father showed that he was a philosopher. Either the greatness of his focus trained him inDe vitis philosophorum et sophistarum, 1568, p. -199 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — philosophical calm and freedom from sufferingn did his father truly declare himself a philosopher. For either the greatness of the misfortune moved him to a state of[Greek: Bioi philosophon kai sophiston] De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum, 1596, p. -108 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 440 CEProclus, Commentary on the Timaeus (soul, world-soul, the vehicles)same word
- apatheia — freedom from passionwith passion and height, and of raising the deeds to an imaginative volume, he is not able to hand over an intellectualCommentary on Plato's Timaeus, Volume II, 1903, p. 122 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionle of attributing magnitude to passions and elevating deeds to a fantastic bulk, he is not able to transmit intellectualProclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, 1847, p. 50 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionLet "never" be indicative of eternal perfection, since souls are sometimes affected by passions and sometimes return toProclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, Vol. II, 1903, p. 483 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 450 CEStobaeus, Anthology (Anthologium/Eclogae)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ἀπαθείας — apatheiaso we moor a ship with only one anchor. We do not guide 25 life toward the harbor of tranquility with only a single hope.The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 536 · original word kept by the translator
- apatheiahabit. At the same time, they gain stronger bodies through the practice. After nobility, we should consider impassivityTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 248 · original word kept by the translator
- 470 CEProclus, Elements of Theology and Platonic Theology (the self-constituted soul; reversion)same word
- 520 CEJohn Philoponus, Commentary on De animasame word
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolatio Philosophiaesame word
- apatheia — freedom from passionNOTES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 474 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — freedom from passionNOTÆ VARIORUM IN Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 123 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 530 CESimplicius (or Priscian), Commentary on De animasame word
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from affectiont actively. The intellect—and even more so that which is separate—shows this even more clearly, if, as he will show, theCommentary on Aristotle's On the Soul, 1882, p. 65 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from sufferingely separate from bodies, or something else later that will always leave it, to advance a little. When the difference ofCommentary on Aristotle's Three Books On the Soul, 1527, p. 265 · flagged as a term by the translator
Roman
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputationssame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from sufferingorts that for Hieronymus of Rhodes, the goal of the highest good appears to be "feeling no pain." In Greek, it is calledTusculan Disputations, 1496, p. 71 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionstrosity in the mind and the stupor in the body, he remembers these words and this sentiment: when he writes against theTusculan Disputations, 1499, p. 98 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputations I (the soul and its immortality)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from sufferingorts that for Hieronymus of Rhodes, the goal of the highest good appears to be "feeling no pain." In Greek, it is calledTusculan Disputations, 1496, p. 71 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionstrosity in the mind and the stupor in the body, he remembers these words and this sentiment: when he writes against theTusculan Disputations, 1499, p. 98 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 44 BCECicero, De divinatione (and De fato)same word
- 41 CESeneca, De ira (III.36: the nightly examination)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 45 CESeneca, Dialogues (De Ira, De Providentia, Consolations)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 63 CESeneca, Epistulae Morales ad Luciliumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionf and prepares strength as it proceeds; it is excluded more easily than it is expelled. Who denies a For a discussion ofSeneca's Moral Epistles Vol. 3 (Letters 93-124), 1925, p. 344 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiathat cannot feel. We will certainly encounter a double meaning if we try to express the Greek term for "lack of feeling"Seneca's Moral Letters, Volume 1, 1512, p. 65 · original word kept by the translator
- apatheiaSupreme Good is a soul that is insensible to feeling. **2** We run into ambiguity if we try to translate the Greek termSeneca: Letters to Lucilius, Vol. I (Letters 1-65), 1917, p. 64 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 64 CESeneca, Epistulae morales and De tranquillitate animisame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionf and prepares strength as it proceeds; it is excluded more easily than it is expelled. Who denies a For a discussion ofSeneca's Moral Epistles Vol. 3 (Letters 93-124), 1925, p. 344 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — apathy/impassivityce is forced to slip, in another --- 1. infra: *below*. The original manuscript uses *inferior*. a The Stoic doctrine ofMoral Essays of Seneca, Volume I, 1643, p. 288 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from suffering/passionsius conjectures *by that*. 6. *Not to be shaken*. It is Horatian (Ep. I, 6, 1) "To admire nothing," and pertains to thePhilosophical Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Vol. 2, 1827, p. 548 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 64 CESeneca, Epistulae morales ad Luciliumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionf and prepares strength as it proceeds; it is excluded more easily than it is expelled. Who denies a For a discussion ofSeneca's Moral Epistles Vol. 3 (Letters 93-124), 1925, p. 344 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiathat cannot feel. We will certainly encounter a double meaning if we try to express the Greek term for "lack of feeling"Seneca's Moral Letters, Volume 1, 1512, p. 65 · original word kept by the translator
- apatheiaSupreme Good is a soul that is insensible to feeling. **2** We run into ambiguity if we try to translate the Greek termSeneca: Letters to Lucilius, Vol. I (Letters 1-65), 1917, p. 64 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 170 CEAulus Gellius, Noctes Atticaesame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — lack of feeling/freedom from passionlmost all the men of our memory in gravity, abundance, and 2 elegance of expression. He discoursed, however, against theAttic Nights, Vol. II, 1903, p. 286 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passiona wise man can endure and wait out; he cannot entirely keep them from his sense; for analgēsia insensibility to pain andAttic Nights of Aulus Gellius, 1870, p. 276 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionise man can endure and hesitate, he cannot altogether lose the sense of himself. For analgesia insensibility to pain andAuli Gellii Noctium atticarum libri undeuiginti, 1515, p. 403 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 175 CEMarcus Aurelius, Meditations (Ta eis heauton)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 175 CEMarcus Aurelius, Meditations (Ta eis heauton; the hēgemonikon and the inner citadel)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolation of Philosophysame word
- apatheia — freedom from passionNOTES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 474 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — freedom from passionNOTÆ VARIORUM IN Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 123 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolation of Philosophy (the dream-vision frame)same word
- apatheia — freedom from passionNOTES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 474 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — freedom from passionNOTÆ VARIORUM IN Stoic constancy, thatThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1823, p. 123 · flagged as a term by the translator
Hebrew & Jewish
- 20 CEPhilo of Alexandria (collected works)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passions a memorial of both living and living well; for bread and water are necessary for living, but for living well, there isPhilonis Judaei Paralipomena Armena, 1826, p. 528 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionjustice. But if, having been moved toward an irrational passion, it does not run ahead, but remains behind, it will reapComplete Works of Philo Judaeus, Vol. 1, 1828, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionis sorrowful and the one who possesses it is most painful. Do we still wonder at the philosophers who say that virtue isPhilonis Judaei Opera Omnia (Vol. 3), 1828, p. 198 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 30 CEPhilo, On Dreams (De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionjustice. But if, having been moved toward an irrational passion, it does not run ahead, but remains behind, it will reapComplete Works of Philo Judaeus, Vol. 1, 1828, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionis sorrowful and the one who possesses it is most painful. Do we still wonder at the philosophers who say that virtue isPhilonis Judaei Opera Omnia (Vol. 3), 1828, p. 198 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — lack of feelingthings. These were: neither to lament beyond measure, as if for an unprecedented and unnatural calamity, nor to practiceComplete Works of Philo Judaeus (Vol. 4), 1828, p. 62 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 30 CEPhilo of Alexandria — De Somniissame word and a translator’s rendering
- 30 CEPhilo, De vita contemplativa (the Therapeutae)same word
- 50 CE2 Enoch (Slavonic Apocalypse of Enoch)same word
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingat all? Or [one] might not even posit friendship toward itself as the cause of these things. Consequently, through thisCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 407 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαlely of reverent contemplation and hymns of praise; and their worshipper, so far as he becomes like them, will attain toThe Hermetic Writings, Volume 1, 1926, p. 45 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 150 CEGospel of Truth (Nag Hammadi I,3)same word
- 150 CEApocryphon of John (Nag Hammadi II,1; III,1; IV,1)same word
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (Pimander / Poimandres)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingat all? Or [one] might not even posit friendship toward itself as the cause of these things. Consequently, through thisCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 407 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαlely of reverent contemplation and hymns of praise; and their worshipper, so far as he becomes like them, will attain toThe Hermetic Writings, Volume 1, 1926, p. 45 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (CH I Poimandres; X The Key; XI Nous to Hermes; XII On the common nous)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingat all? Or [one] might not even posit friendship toward itself as the cause of these things. Consequently, through thisCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 407 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαlely of reverent contemplation and hymns of praise; and their worshipper, so far as he becomes like them, will attain toThe Hermetic Writings, Volume 1, 1926, p. 45 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 CEKore Kosmousame word and a translator’s rendering
- ἀπαθείας — apatheiaso we moor a ship with only one anchor. We do not guide 25 life toward the harbor of tranquility with only a single hope.The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 536 · original word kept by the translator
- apatheiahabit. At the same time, they gain stronger bodies through the practice. After nobility, we should consider impassivityTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 248 · original word kept by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis III (divine dreams and god-sent sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apathyor its own weakness. These states, however, are still only the moderation of the passions, but they eventually result inLife of Pythagoras (Iamblichus), 1818, p. 265 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαs pure and immutable through generation. Through this, the invocations unite the priests to the gods through impassivityIamblichus, On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 15th century, p. 40 · original word kept by the translator
- 300 CEZosimos of Panopolis, alchemical corpussame word
Early Christian & Monastic
- 200 CETertullian & Cyprian, De oratione / De dominica orationesame word
- apatheia — a state of being unaffected by passionsion invented his better god from this source, because the decrees of the Stoic school—of which he was a student—preachedWritings (1550), 1550, p. 305 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαned his better god from this source, because the dogmas of the Stoic school, of which he was a student, so highly praiseWorks of Tertullian, 1521, p. 326 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 210 CETertullian, De animasame word
- apatheia — a state of being unaffected by passionsion invented his better god from this source, because the decrees of the Stoic school—of which he was a student—preachedWritings (1550), 1550, p. 305 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαned his better god from this source, because the dogmas of the Stoic school, of which he was a student, so highly praiseWorks of Tertullian, 1521, p. 326 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 210 CETertullian, De anima 45–49 (on sleep and dreams)same word
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — state of being undisturbed/passionlessnessttles, struggles, and fights for virtue, and wants them to be both women and men and manly. But blessedness is a certainOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur, 1743, p. 982 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionwords to Mark that actually belong to Luke 18:15, though he distinguishes them accurately later. b) This refers to thatOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur / Tomus tertius., 1743, p. 375 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 233 CEOrigen, On Prayer (Peri euchēs)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 379 CEGregory of Nyssa, De hominis opificiosame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionuch the coal with a bare foot, nor to store fire in the bosom; as if it were in us to remain in a state of impassibilityGreek Patrology, Vol. 44: Gregory of Nyssa, 1858, p. 219 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiaoment of its spiritual birth it starts with sins forgiven. No actual sin has been committed, but its nature has lost itsNicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Vol. 5 (Gregory of Nyssa), 1917, p. 30 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 380 CEMacarius of Egypt, Fifty Spiritual Homiliessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 380 CEPseudo-Macarius, Fifty Spiritual Homiliessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 380 CEGregory of Nyssa, De anima et resurrectionesame word
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / On Thoughts / Antirrhetikossame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from passionformer life and your ancient transgressions, and how, while you were given over to passions, you passed into a state ofPatrologia Graeca Vol. 40 (Evagrius Ponticus), 1858, p. 621 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsbed upward and, in order to be able to look far, sits unbowed and unveiled like a queen in blessed rest on the throne ofEvagrius Ponticus, 1912, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiaerencing the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1–14. . Therefore, the **wedding garment** is the **dispassion**Philokalia (Greek), 1893, p. 43 · original word kept by the translator
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / Kephalaia Gnostica / Chapterssame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from passionformer life and your ancient transgressions, and how, while you were given over to passions, you passed into a state ofPatrologia Graeca Vol. 40 (Evagrius Ponticus), 1858, p. 621 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsbed upward and, in order to be able to look far, sits unbowed and unveiled like a queen in blessed rest on the throne ofEvagrius Ponticus, 1912, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 390 CEEvagrius Ponticus, Praktikos / On Prayer / Kephalaia Gnostikasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from passionformer life and your ancient transgressions, and how, while you were given over to passions, you passed into a state ofPatrologia Graeca Vol. 40 (Evagrius Ponticus), 1858, p. 621 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsbed upward and, in order to be able to look far, sits unbowed and unveiled like a queen in blessed rest on the throne ofEvagrius Ponticus, 1912, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 390 CEGregory of Nyssa, Life of Mosessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 420 CELausiac History (Palladius)same word
- 420 CEPalladius, Lausiac Historysame word
- 420 CEPalladius, Lausiac History (with Vitae Patrum)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 500 CEPseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theology & Divine Namessame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionture to be purified through the renunciation of its pleasures and desires. And it partakes in communion with God throughPseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (MS, 9th-10th c.), 950, p. -120 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsause the human was led astray from the source: That in separation, the human is far from the first: That in the state ofMystical Theology and The Celestial Hierarchy, 1501-1510, p. 60 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — impassibilityur experience, it is more properly applied to them: for empatheia passion is a certain motion joined with suffering, butSancti Dionysii Areopagitae operum omnium quae extant, et commentariorum quibus illustrantur, tomus primus, in quo unive, 1644, p. 204 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 500 CEPseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theologysame word
Byzantine & Orthodox
- 379 CEGregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man 13 (on sleep and dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionuch the coal with a bare foot, nor to store fire in the bosom; as if it were in us to remain in a state of impassibilityGreek Patrology, Vol. 44: Gregory of Nyssa, 1858, p. 219 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiaoment of its spiritual birth it starts with sins forgiven. No actual sin has been committed, but its nature has lost itsNicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Vol. 5 (Gregory of Nyssa), 1917, p. 30 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 600 CEJohn Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascentsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 600 CEJohn Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascentsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassionnglements, through which He will abundantly send the incorruptibility of the mouth in the Spirit, returning the grace ofMaximus Confessor Theological Works, 1125, p. -92 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — passionlessness/freedom from sufferingtwo, being lost, how do I choose to prefer rather that which is [more] foreign? I eat, with the [others], the danger ofMaximos the Confessor (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.48), 1250, p. 128 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsof that One. So that by the recognition of our own weakness, and by hope toward God, we may be deemed worthy of perfectMaximos the Confessor, treatises and letters (Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22), 1400, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Charity and other Kephalaiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassionnglements, through which He will abundantly send the incorruptibility of the mouth in the Spirit, returning the grace ofMaximus Confessor Theological Works, 1125, p. -92 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — passionlessness/freedom from sufferingtwo, being lost, how do I choose to prefer rather that which is [more] foreign? I eat, with the [others], the danger ofMaximos the Confessor (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.48), 1250, p. 128 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsof that One. So that by the recognition of our own weakness, and by hope toward God, we may be deemed worthy of perfectMaximos the Confessor, treatises and letters (Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22), 1400, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Ambigua / Chapters on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassionnglements, through which He will abundantly send the incorruptibility of the mouth in the Spirit, returning the grace ofMaximus Confessor Theological Works, 1125, p. -92 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — passionlessness/freedom from sufferingtwo, being lost, how do I choose to prefer rather that which is [more] foreign? I eat, with the [others], the danger ofMaximos the Confessor (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.48), 1250, p. 128 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsof that One. So that by the recognition of our own weakness, and by hope toward God, we may be deemed worthy of perfectMaximos the Confessor, treatises and letters (Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22), 1400, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1250Nikephoros Blemmydes, De anima / Epitome physicasame word
- 1782Philokaliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassion or freedom from passionson the reverse. The distribution of prayer for all types of knowledge. leaf 41 on the reverse. On humility. leaf 42. OnДобротолюбие (Dobrotolyubie, 1793) — Slavonic Philokalia, 1793, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiaerencing the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1–14. . Therefore, the **wedding garment** is the **dispassion**Philokalia (Greek), 1893, p. 43 · original word kept by the translator
- 1782Philokalia (Nikodemos & Makarios)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassion or freedom from passionson the reverse. The distribution of prayer for all types of knowledge. leaf 41 on the reverse. On humility. leaf 42. OnДобротолюбие (Dobrotolyubie, 1793) — Slavonic Philokalia, 1793, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiaerencing the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1–14. . Therefore, the **wedding garment** is the **dispassion**Philokalia (Greek), 1893, p. 43 · original word kept by the translator
- 1782Philokalia (hesychast anthology)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — dispassion or freedom from passionson the reverse. The distribution of prayer for all types of knowledge. leaf 41 on the reverse. On humility. leaf 42. OnДобротолюбие (Dobrotolyubie, 1793) — Slavonic Philokalia, 1793, p. 19 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiaerencing the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:1–14. . Therefore, the **wedding garment** is the **dispassion**Philokalia (Greek), 1893, p. 43 · original word kept by the translator
Syriac & Armenian
- 400 CELiber Graduum (Book of Steps)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 650 CEIsaac of Nineveh / Evagrius on dreams and the demons of the nightsame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — impassibility/freedom from passionformer life and your ancient transgressions, and how, while you were given over to passions, you passed into a state ofPatrologia Graeca Vol. 40 (Evagrius Ponticus), 1858, p. 621 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionsbed upward and, in order to be able to look far, sits unbowed and unveiled like a queen in blessed rest on the throne ofEvagrius Ponticus, 1912, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1279Bar Hebraeus, Ethicon / Book of the Dovesame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1280Bar Hebraeus, Ethicon (Ktobo d-Itiqon)same word
- 1280Bar Hebraeus, Book of the Dove / Ethiconsame word and a translator’s rendering
Arabic
- 1025Avicenna, al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb (brain, inner senses, sleep, melancholy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apathia — a specific illnessh you know. ### Of pain of the ears. C. VI. Pain of the ear is either from the malice of the complexion, or the cause isThe Canon of Medicine, 1476, p. 112 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathy — lack of feeling/disorderparation. When a person suffering from an acute fever cannot urinate except a little, and with pain, without an ulcer orThe Canon of Medicine, 1555, p. 910 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathy — sluggishnesstion of memory, according to what is common, do not happen except from coldness and humidity, which happen even from theThe Canon of Medicine, 1522, p. 332 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1162Averroes, Colliget (Kitāb al-Kulliyyāt)a translator’s rendering
Medieval Latin
- 1160Pseudo-Augustine (Alcher of Clairvaux), De spiritu et animaa translator’s rendering
- 1254Albertus Magnus, De anima / De intellectu et intelligibilia translator’s rendering
- impassibilitas — impassibility/freedom from sufferingine in glass. In so far as the glorious body is perfectly preserved by the soul as its form, so it will have the gift ofComplete Works, Vol. V, 1890, p. 686 · flagged as a term by the translator
- impassibilitas — inability to sufferlarity* claritas brightness disposes. The other, that it not be receptive of ignoble passions, for which *impassibility*Complete Works, Vol. XXXIV, 1890, p. 264 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1470Hendrik Herp (Harphius), Theologia mystica / Spieghel der volcomenheita translator’s rendering
Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1486Giovanni Pico, Oratio, Conclusiones and Opera (De hominis dignitate)same word
- 1516Erasmus, Institutio principis christianisame word
- 1590Renaissance Aristotelian De anima commentaries (Zabarella, Toledo, Javelli, Scaino, Mastri, Marcello, Liceti)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1641Descartes, Meditationes de prima philosophiaa translator’s rendering
- 1677Poiret, Cogitationes rationales de Deo, anima et maloa translator’s rendering
- 1702Gottfried Arnold, Historie und Beschreibung der mystischen Theologiesame word and a translator’s rendering
Modern European
- 1790Saint-Martin, L'Homme de désira translator’s rendering
- 1874Brentano, Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunktsame word
- 1911Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism / Practical Mysticism / The Mystic Waya translator’s rendering
- 1913Underhill, The Mystic Way / Practical Mysticisma translator’s rendering
- 1919Jaspers, Psychologie der Weltanschauungensame word
At home in Greek
- 750 BCEHomer, Iliad & Odysseysame word
- apatheia — lack of feelingigest anger. However, the circumstances of things, persons, and times must be accurately observed, lest we introduce theHomeri quae extant omnia (Sponde, with Hymns), 1606, p. 103 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passion/indifferencee lamentations of a nightingale whose chicks have been snatched by a plowman. Therefore, when the Stoics place virtue inHomeri Opera Graecolatina: Ilias, Odyssea, Hymni (Châteillon), 1567, p. 611 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionhe cries of nightingales whose young were taken by farmers before they could fly. The Stoics, therefore, place virtue inὉμήρου Ἰλιάς (Homeri Ilias), 1524, p. 84 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 725 BCEHomer, the dream of Agamemnon and Penelope's gates of horn and ivorysame word
- apatheia — lack of feelingigest anger. However, the circumstances of things, persons, and times must be accurately observed, lest we introduce theHomeri quae extant omnia (Sponde, with Hymns), 1606, p. 103 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passion/indifferencee lamentations of a nightingale whose chicks have been snatched by a plowman. Therefore, when the Stoics place virtue inHomeri Opera Graecolatina: Ilias, Odyssea, Hymni (Châteillon), 1567, p. 611 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — freedom from passionto the voices of nightingales: "Whose children the farmers took away before they could fly." The Stoics place virtue inThe Iliad of Homer, 1517, p. 80 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 430 BCEHerodotus, the dreams of Croesus, Xerxes and Astyagessame word
- apatheia**half-wicked**, those who say they are not among these, but unjustly his own, or to those not in neglect. » **Apathy**The Histories of Herodotus and Works of Plutarch and Gemistus Plethon, 1450, p. 270 · original word kept by the translator
- apathiay praise, even if they wish to, nor adequately blame. For either the height of his virtue drove his soul into a state ofThe Histories and Parallel Lives, 1515, p. 441 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus, Regimen IV (On Dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — state of being undisturbed by passionsception of present circumstances, foolishness, ignorance, neglect, and apathy. And thus, through purity, passionlessnessHippocrates: Twenty-Seven Treatises, 1550, p. 176 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathia — suffering/disorderits disease signs are composed of the signs of the chest and the signs of the lung disease itself. What happens from theThe Little Art of Medicine, 1500, p. 335 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apathy — without feeling or diseaseich Rhazes alleges in the fifteenth of *Continens*. On composite disease he made the book on tumors beside nature. i.e.,Articella or The Art of Medicine, 1487, p. 430 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus: On the Sacred Disease; Regimen IV (On Dreams); On the Nature of Mansame word
- 390 BCEPlato (attr.), Alcibiades Isame word
- 375 BCEPlato, Republic IX (the lawless desires in sleep) and Timaeus on the liversame word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passionwith passion and height, and of raising the deeds to an imaginative volume, he is not able to hand over an intellectualCommentary on Plato's Timaeus, Volume II, 1903, p. 122 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — impassivityitting not destruction, but Plato's identification of the hypodochē receptacle with chōra space arises from the absoluteTimaeus (Greek text with commentary), 1888, p. 195 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — impassivity/freedom from sufferingrd. As it was absurd. And it was absurd. As it was absurd. As it was absurd. Since this entire turning away [is] also asDiversorum scriptorum Opera varia . Diaphoron syngrapheon Erga diaphora . Titulum corrige Platonis Opera omnia cum prole, 1350, p. 580 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 360 BCEPlato, Timaeus (world-soul, sense-perception, the liver and divination, 69–72)same word
- apatheia — impassivityitting not destruction, but Plato's identification of the hypodochē receptacle with chōra space arises from the absoluteTimaeus (Greek text with commentary), 1888, p. 195 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheiaapprehend such truths. Plato's identification of the hypodoche (receptacle) with chora (space) arises from the absoluteTimaeus, 1888, p. 197 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 350 BCEPlato (attrib.), Alcibiades I (self-knowledge; the soul is the self), with Proclus and Olympiodorussame word
- 340 BCEAristotle, On Sleep, On Dreams, On Divination in Sleep (Parva naturalia)same word and a translator’s rendering
- apatheia — freedom from passion/sufferingfortunate or unfortunate, and having taken these two, I examine what they have in common, such as a state of impassivityThe Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Organon, 1495, p. 267 · flagged as a term by the translator
- apatheia — lack-of-affectionty, are productive of motion. But according to hard and soft, they are productive of pathos affection/being-affected andThe Works of Aristotle, Volume 2, 1497, p. 142 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθειαν — apatheianears the place of all useless material , and then lays the foundation; so also the one wishing to acquire dispassionParva Naturalia and Ambigua, 14th century, p. 31 · original word kept by the translator
- 340 BCEAristotle, Parva naturalia (De sensu, De memoria, De somno, De insomniis, De divinatione per somnum)same word
- 340 BCEAristotle, Nicomachean Ethicssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 340 BCEAristotle, Nicomachean Ethics X (the contemplative life)same word
- 340 BCEAristotle, De animasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 BCEEpicurus, Principal Doctrines / Vatican Sayings / Letter to Menoeceussame word and a translator’s rendering
- 200 CEOrphic Hymnssame word
- apatheia — freedom from passion/impassibilityhe body of the unconscious man is found before the door of the orthodox church. In the same way, he forces from God fullThe Hellenistic Mystery Religions: Their Basic Ideas and Significance, 1927, p. 200 · flagged as a term by the translator
- ἀπάθεια — apatheiathe body pours out from the divine, leading us thus to that highly-fruitful contest of the Father. Freedom from passionOrphic and Homeric Hymns, Unknown, p. 31 · original word kept by the translator
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