Acedia is a Greek word, literally meaning caringfree. In Roman Catholicism, acedia is one of the seven deadly sins, and is defined as spiritual laziness, putting off what God asks you to do, or not doing it at all. Acedia implies the attitude of the people that go from fury to laziness in a second. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, suggest a classification of vices and were enumerated in their present form by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. ...
Further information: Catholic Encyclopedia entry for 'sloth': [1]. St. Thomas Aquinas on sloth: [2].
See alsolaziness, torpor, ennui, apathy. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Laziness Look up Laziness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Laziness is the lack of desire to act or work in general or to do an act or work that is expected of the person. ... Torpor is a state of regulated hypothermia in an endotherm lasting just a few hours. ... Boredom is a common emotion among children. ... Apathy is the lack of emotion, motivation, or enthusiasm. ...
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Acedia is a Greek word, literally meaning caringfree.
In Roman Catholicism, acedia is one of the seven deadly sins, and is defined as spiritual laziness, putting off what God asks you to do, or not doing it at all.
Acedia implies the attitude of the people that goes from fury to laziness in a second.
Acedia was historically a signal about maturity -- but not a "sin." By resolving the issue of good or evil in acedia and by "fine-tuning" one's threshold for non-virtue, the individual could reach a functional state of equanimity that would dispel acedia.
Is it the angst of Kierkegaard, the "nausea" of Sartre, the alienation and revolt of existentialists from Camus to Marcel?
Acedia is never without a sense of guilt or complicity, not as sin but as complicity in the horrors of contemporary life.
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