Adiaphora (ἀδιάφορα)

adiaphora • ah-dee-AH-for-ah
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Meaning

Indifferent things; things that are neither good nor bad in a moral sense.

In practice: Morally neutral things like wealth, health, or reputation.

Examples & notes

  • Health is a preferred indifferent, while sickness is a dispreferred indifferent.
  • Stoics argue that only virtue and vice are truly good or bad.

Seen in

Zeno of Citium Epictetus

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