"... John Cassian, a monk and theologian wrote in the early 5th century about an ancient Greek emotion called acedia. A mind 'seized' by this emotion is 'horrified at where he is, disgusted with his room … It does not allow him to stay still in his cell or to devote any effort to reading.' He feels:
"'such bodily listlessness and yawning hunger as though he were worn by a long journey or a prolonged fast … Next he glances about and sighs that no one is coming to see him. Constantly in and out of his cell, he looks at the sun as if it were too slow in setting.'
"This sounds eerily familiar. Yet, the name that so aptly describes our current state was lost to time and translation. ..."
More here: https://theconversation.com/acedia-the-lost-name-for-the-emotion-were-all-feeling-right-now-144058
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