Meaning of catastematic | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“Let us see how Epicurus considered catastematic pleasure, which he proclaimed as the supreme good, a defense against all these adversities.”

“Catastematic pleasure results from a state of contemplation untroubled by any active desire.”

“However, happiness (eudaimonia), according to Epicurus, is not simply a neutral or privative condition but rather a form of pleasure in its own right — what Epicurus called catastematic or (following Cicero’s Latin translation) “static” as opposed to “kinetic” pleasure.”

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