Everything about Apathy totally explained
Apathy is a state of
indifference — where an individual has an absence of interest or concern to certain aspects of emotional, social, or physical life.
Apathy can be object-specific — toward a person, activity or environment. It is a common reaction to
stress where it manifests as "
learned helplessness" and is commonly associated with
depression.
History
Apathy is a common feeling of complete discontent (dissatisfaction, for example not satisfied) for one's emotional behavior.
Apathy etymologically derives from the
Greek απάθεια (apatheia), a term used by the
Stoics to signify indifference for what one isn't responsible for (that is, according to their philosophy, all things exterior, one being only responsible of his representations and judgments).
Some people may believe that the concept was then reappropriated by
Christians, who adopted the term to express a contempt of all earthly concerns, a state of mortification, as (they claim) the
gospel prescribes. However there's no such text in the Christian Bible.
The word has been used since then among more devout writers.
Clemens Alexandrinus, in particular, brought the term exceedingly in vogue, thinking hereby to draw the
philosophers to Christianity, who aspired after such a sublime pitch of virtue.
The concept of apathy became more sympathetically accepted in popular culture during the
First World War, in which the appalling conditions of the
Western Front led to apathy and
shellshock amongst millions of soldiers. Many often had no emotion or thought process concerning killing/death in general.
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