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The art of feeling nothing so hard it becomes a personality.
means Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern about something.
from From Greek 'apatheia' — literally 'without feeling' — built from 'a-' (not) plus 'pathos' (feeling, suffering, passion). To the Stoics, 'apatheia' was actually a virtue: freedom from the storms of emotion. The word arrived in English in the 1700s, where it slowly lost its philosophical dignity and became the shrug we know today.
- word origin
- From Greek apatheia, an ideal Stoics actually chased
- not lazy
- Apathy is missing motivation, not energy
- brain link
- Damage to certain frontal regions can erase caring
- social cost
- Bystander effect runs on collective shrugging
eeyore — winnie the pooh character who responds to everything with gloomy indifference and 'thanks for noticing me'
slacker 1990 film — richard linklater's movie where protagonist drifts through austin with zero ambition or emotional investment
bertrand russell quote — philosopher said 'the main things which seem to me important on their own account are knowledge, art, instinct, and happiness; and of these apathy is the enemy'