Apathy opposed to morality.

"L'indifférence est le grand sommeil de l'âme."* The term 'Stoicism' derives from the Greek word 'stoa,' meaning portico. A portico, or colonnade according to the Oxford Pocket English Dictionary (Revised Eighth Edition, 1996), is a "roof supported by columns at regular intervals, usu. attached as a porch to a building.". These were usually built outside (or inside) of temples, around gymnasia, dwelling-houses and open areas. In the marketplace of Athens, there existed the …

…edges first. Each strand of emotion that is lost as we approach apathy is a strand of our freedom. BIBLIOGRAPHY: http://www.utm.edu/departments/artsci/ppr/phil/fieser/110/unit5/stoicism.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0846793.html http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stoicism.htm http://www.wku.edu/~garreje/stoics.htm#intro Encarta® Encyclopedia Deluxe 2002 *Favart, les Trois Sultanes, III, x: "Indifference is the great sleep of the soul" (French).