eupathyn.
/ˈjuːpəθi/ Ancient Greek Philosophy.
a. (See quots.)
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > joyous affections
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 74 They do terme those joies, those promptitudes of the will, and warie circumspections by name of Eupathies, i.e. good affections.
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 69 There are three kinds of good affections of the minde, called Eupathies, or Constancies; Joy, Caution, Will.
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. Notes 329 In Laertius we read..that..the Virtuous [had] his Εὐπαθείαι, his Eupathies, or Well-feelings.
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 337 The Stoics who called our good affections eupathies, did not manage those affections as well as they understood them.
1837 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) VI. 346 Our affections, our eupathies, our capacities of happiness and of improvement.
b. (See quot.; apparently an error.)
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1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Eupathy,..an easiness in Suffering.
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