When the Stoic sage felt the "first movements" of a passion stirring with him, he was advised to withhold his assent from the judgement underlying that incipient passion, thus retaining his composure and peace of mind, his apatheia.
In 1920, Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, a commissar of Soviet chess, wrote that chess, "in some ways even more than sport, develops in a man boldness, presence of mind, composure, a strong will, and, most important, a sense of strategy".
The incorrect view is daemonism, which is the belief that the governing mind is "not absolutely and necessarily good nor confined to what is best, but capable of acting according to mere will or fancy" (Ibid).. Theism, by holding up a perfect God for emulation, strengthens one's "benignity, firmness, or constancy [and the] good composure of the affections or uniformity of mind.
What it is A slow-moving battle of mind over body, all about angles, composure and concentration.
These signal a state of mind some people might call mystic; others, esthetic composure.
In his 2013 commencement address at the Harvard School of Public Health, Brilliant emphasized the importance of peace of mind, wishing the graduates lives full of equanimity -- a state of mental calm and composure.
The full-back showed the presence of mind to deliver his cutback into the path of Miller, who finished with composure to shoot past goalkeeper Neil Alexander.
At the same time the composure of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was also reassuring.
A good part of their service is also dependent on the composure of their partner.
Gifford admired in football for composure and sharp mind.
