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Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.

A French lady from the Ancien Régime sympathizing with a young cleric who has toothache. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1825.

A French lady from the Ancien Régime sympathizing with a young cleric who has toothache. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Boer War: wounded soldiers greeted with sympathy at Modder River Camp, after their trials at Magersfontein. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after R. Thiele.

The healing touch, emotional cancer journey, artwork

Zur Phänomenologie und Theorie der Sympathiegefühle und von Liebe und Hass : mit einem Anhang über den Grund zur Annahme der Existenz des fremden Ich / von Max Scheler.

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Sympathy

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A French lady from the Ancien Régime sympathizing with a young cleric who has toothache. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Boer War: wounded soldiers greeted with sympathy at Modder River Camp, after their trials at Magersfontein. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after R. Thiele.

The healing touch, emotional cancer journey, artwork

Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.

Zur Phänomenologie und Theorie der Sympathiegefühle und von Liebe und Hass : mit einem Anhang über den Grund zur Annahme der Existenz des fremden Ich / von Max Scheler.