This week's theme: miscellaneous words. ataraxia (at-uh-RAK-see-uh) also ataraxy, noun
A state of freedom from disturbance of mind. [From Greek ataraktos (not disturbed), from tarassein (to disturb).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=ataraxia -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Once ataraxia has been achieved, happiness cannot be augmented, either by more accomplishments or by a longer life." David Voron; When Death Comes Knockin' Who Ya Gonna Call?; Skeptic (Altadena, California); Jan 2005. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 ............................................................................ One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. -May Sarton, poet and novelist (1912-1995) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/ataraxia.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ataraxia.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/ataraxia.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
