Sympathy
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title:
Sympathy
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Sympathy is the perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another life form. According to philosopher David Hume, this sympathetic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need. Hume explained that this is the case because "the minds of all men are similar in their feelings and operations" and that "the motion of one communicates itself to the rest" so that as "affections read
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Perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another being
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathy
date created:
2004-07-11T12:17:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:52:10Z
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