ataraxy , auch: ataraxia

Himself has a degree from Cambridge, can do hard sums in his head and knows the meaning of ataraxy.

I was nonplussed, I stared at my teacher, never before had his swollen face seemed so replete with indifference, stone ataraxy.

There was no longer any need for fortitude: he felt nothing at present and there was no point in artificial ataraxy.

The term "ataraxy" was coined by the neurologist Howard Fabing and the classicist Alister Cameron to describe the observed effect of psychic indifference and detachment in patients treated with chlorpromazine.