...once upon a time, when I was still in school, we didn't have word "empathy" (which is not surprising-I guess it made appearance into Russian later(
We did have a word "compassion" though.
You have a very interesting take, and I need to think-I'm not sure it's not the same thing. I understand the distinction you make, but I understand it because I have exposure to two words now, instead of one, that covered all of it.
Also. What's feeling acutely what the other person feels, called? I think it might be yet another word...
It was cool reading about Belgium! I notice similarities. In terms of "these think that those are". Must be global thing..))
...once upon a time, when I was still in school, we didn't have word "empathy" (which is not surprising-I guess it made appearance into Russian later(
We did have a word "compassion" though.
You have a very interesting take, and I need to think-I'm not sure it's not the same thing. I understand the distinction you make, but I understand it because I have exposure to two words now, instead of one, that covered all of it.
Also. What's feeling acutely what the other person feels, called? I think it might be yet another word...
It was cool reading about Belgium! I notice similarities. In terms of "these think that those are". Must be global thing..))