catastematic

catastematic

English

Adjective

catastematic (comparative more catastematic, superlative most catastematic)

1. Alternative form of katastematic
   • 1985 Giovanni Reale, A History of Ancient Philosophy, Volume 3: The Systems of the Hellenistic Age (translated by John R. Catan, State University of New York Press), p. 171.

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

   • 1998 Richard Jenkyns, Virgil's Experience: Nature and History: Times, Names, and Places (Clarendon Press), p. 224.

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

   • 2018 David Konstan, "Epicurus", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

     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.