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From: Automutt on 2 Jul 2010 06:26
Acedia Allover Earth...

For as the meek do seek; and as many by the wayside
Of Acedia I now speak, and to which I shall not Abide.
For the levels so astounding as the sorrows of the world
And so many worketh death with the theme of war unfurled.

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Acedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acidÄ­a, and this from
Greek ἀκηδία, negligence) describes a state of listlessness or torpor,
of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition
in the world. It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's
duties in life. Its spiritual overtones make it related to but
distinct from depression.[1] Acedia was originally noted as a problem
among monks and other ascetics who maintained a solitary life.


Description

The Oxford Concise Dictionary of the Christian Church [2] defines
acedia as "a state of restlessness and inability either to work or to
pray". Some see it as the precursor to sloth - one of the seven deadly
sins. In his sustained analysis of the vice in Q. 35 of the Second
Part (Secunda Secundae) of his book Summa Theologica, theologian
Thomas Aquinas identifies acedia with "the sorrow of the
world" (compare Weltschmerz) that "worketh death" and contrasts it
with that sorrow "according to God" described by St. Paul in 2 Cor.
7:10. For Aquinas, acedia is "sorrow about spiritual good in as much
as it is a Divine good." It becomes a mortal sin when reason consents
to man's "flight" (fugam) from the Divine good, "on account of the
flesh utterly prevailing over the spirit." (ST, II-II, 35, 3). Acedia
is essentially a flight from the world. It leads to not caring even
that one does not care. The ultimate expression of this is a despair
that ends in suicide.

Aquinas's teaching on acedia in Q. 35 is rendered fully intelligible
when read in light of his prior teaching on that to which the vice is
directly opposed, charity's gifted "spiritual joy," which he explores
in Q. 28 of the Secunda Secundae . As Aquinas says, "One opposite is
known through the other, as darkness through light. Hence also what
evil is must be known from the nature of good." (ST, I, 48, 1). The
demon of acedia holds an important place in early monastic demonology
and psychology. Evagrius of Pontus, for example, characterizes it as
"the most troublesome of all" of the eight genera of evil thoughts. As
with those who followed him, Evagrius sees acedia as a temptation, and
the great danger lies in giving in to it.

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