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English
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Alternative spellings
ecstasis
Etymology
Greek �κ��α�ι� (ecstasis, displacement, cession, trance)
Noun
ekstasis (plural: ekstases)
- (mysticism and philosophy) The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self.
Related terms
ecstasy
Quotations
[1914], 1995, Holden E Sampson, The True Mystic 1
1918, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia 2
1956, Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, Hazel E. Barnes tr. 3
1984, Martin Heidegger, The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic, Michael Heim tr. 4
2002, Angela Dalle Vacche, �Unexplored Connections in a New Territory,� in The Visual Turn, Angela Dalle Vacche ed. 5
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