| The tranquility and ataraxy of human mind becomes unhinged and dysfunctional as it gets attached to sensory pleasures and objects. |
| Whether or not a cognostential state can be achieved depends on what happens at the point of total ataraxy and infra-reflection. |
| For the person on ataraxy to say of himself that he is happy, is at a minimum to say that his tranquility reflects his life's activities in a satisfying way. |
| The situation must be such that he himself demonstrates ataraxy simultaneously as he instructs in ataraxy. |
| All agreed in affirming that happiness is to be found in ataraxy, that is, in tranquility of spirit. |
| Since the historical situation about happiness compels him to search for quietude from the turmoil of opinion, his search for happiness assumes the form of a search for ataraxy with regard to dogma. |
