Although the word apathy was first used in 1594[10] and is derived from the Greek ἀπάθεια (apatheia), from ἀπάθης (apathēs, "without feeling" from a- ("without, not") and pathos ("emotion")),[11] it is important not to confuse the two terms. Also meaning "absence of passion," "apathy" or "insensibility" in Greek, the term apatheia was used by the Stoics to signify a (desirable) state of indifference toward events and things that lie outside one's control (that is, according to their philosophy, all things exterior, one being only responsible for one's own representations and judgments).[12] In contrast to apathy, apatheia is considered a virtue, especially in Orthodox monasticism.[13] In the Philokalia the word dispassion is used for apatheia, so as not to confuse it with apathy.
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Although the word apathy was first used in 1594[10] and is derived from the Greek ἀπάθεια (apatheia), from ἀπάθης (apathēs, "without feeling" from a- ("without, not") and pathos ("emotion")),[11] it is important not to confuse the two terms. Also meaning "absence of passion," "apathy" or "insensibility" in Greek, the term apatheia was used by the Stoics to signify a (desirable) state of indifference toward events and things that lie outside one's control (that is, according to their philosophy, all things exterior, one being only responsible for one's own representations and judgments).[12] In contrast to apathy, apatheia is considered a virtue, especially in Orthodox monasticism.[13] In the Philokalia the word dispassion is used for apatheia, so as not to confuse it with apathy.
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