Today’s WOTD – 10 October 2012

ataraxia

[at-uh-rak-see-uh]
noun
a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.

Related forms
ataractic
[at-uh-rak-tik]

ataraxic, adjective, noun

for example:

‘She was often in a state of ataraxia, not from a cocktail of medication, but from meditation.’

Today’s aphorism

‘Better to die standing, than to live on your knees’.

Che Guevara

On this day

10 October – World Day Against the Death Penalty.

10 October 1963 – death of Roy Cazaly, Australian Rules football legend, known for his high marks and ruck-work. Immortalised in the song, ‘Up there Cazaly‘, by The Two Man Band (Mike Brady & Peter Sullivan). Born 13 January 1893.

10 October 1963 – death of Édith Piaf, French singer. Born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915.

10 October 1965 – the ‘Vinland Map’, is presented by Yale University, which claims it was the first known map of America, drawn by Norseman Leif Eriksson around 1440.