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abiding pleasure

The pleasure experienced independently of having achieved one's desires. English term for the katastematic pleasure of Epicurean philosophers.
What positive psychologists like Dan Gilbert call synthetic happiness, Epicureans call abiding pleasure.
by The Autarkist December 4, 2014
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