The echo of a pleasant sound, like the echo of a single kindness, casts ambient rings of pleasure around the conscious recipient. With resonance thus defined, let's consider empathy. Empathy (feeling with) -- unlike apathy (without feeling) or antipathy (contrary feeling) -- is the most defining characteristic of the human species and the one "that separates us from all other animals. That is to say, while anatomy includes us in the animal kingdom, our uniquely spiritual endowment challenges … [Read more...]
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