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eupathy|ˈjuːpəθɪ|
[ad. Gr. εὐπάθεια happy condition of the soul, f. εὐπαθής, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + πάθος state of feeling, condition.]
Anc. Stoical Philos. (See quots.)
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 74 They do terme those joies, those promptitudes of the will, and warie circumspections by name of Eupathies, i.e. good affections. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 321/1 There are three kinds of good affections of the Mind, called Eupathies, or Constancies; Joy, Caution, Will. 1744Harris Three Treat. iii. xlviii. 329 note, In Laertius we read..that..the Virtuous [had] his Εὐπαθείαι, his Eupathies, or Well-feelings. 1834–43Southey Doctor lxxvi. (1862) 160 The Stoics who called our good affections eupathies, did not manage those affections as well as they understood them. 1837― in C. Southey Life & Corr. VI. 346 Our affections, our eupathies, our capacities of happiness and of improvement.
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1730–6Bailey (folio), Eupathy, an easiness, or patience in bearing of sufferings or afflictions. |