Apathy

Japanese: apatheia
Apathy

…The world is a huge polis, and humans, as cosmopolitans (kosmopolitēs), must play a certain role in this secular world. The Stoic life is about cultivating an unwavering mind (apatheia) that is not disturbed by passions or thoughts, and living in this world correctly and rationally, with a clear contemplation of the universal order, and a strict sense of self-control and duty. This situation is reflected in the English words stoic and stoicism. Zeno's lofty way of life was inherited by Cleanthes and Chrysippus. …

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Japanese:

…世界は巨大なポリスであり,人間は〈世界市民(コスモポリテスkosmopolitēs)〉として,この世俗においても一定の役割を果たさなければならない。宇宙秩序に対する透徹した観照から,情念や思惑にかき乱されない〈不動心(アパテイアapatheia)〉を養い,厳しい克己心と義務感を身につけてこの世を正しく理性的に生きること,これをストア学派的生活と呼ぶが,この事情は英語のストイックstoic,ストイシズムstoicismなどの語に反映されている。 ゼノンの高邁(こうまい)な生き方は,クレアンテス,クリュシッポスに受け継がれた。…

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