catastematic

English

Adjective

catastematic (comparative more catastematic, superlative most catastematic)

1. Alternative form of katastematic
   • 1985, Giovanni Reale, translated by John R. Catan, A History of Ancient Philosophy, Volume 3: The Systems of the Hellenistic Age, State University of New York Press, page 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, page 224:

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

   • 2018, David Konstan, “Epicurus”, in 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.