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That is closer to “empathy” than compassion. Compassion has no reason other recognizing the other person as “human”. “Mitgefühl” seems closer to understanding h
by pchangr 1y ago
That is closer to “empathy” than compassion. Compassion has no reason other recognizing the other person as “human”. “Mitgefühl” seems closer to understanding how the other person feels and therefore acting on it.. empathy.
Perhaps you could think of similar to the concept of “charity”. Doing beneficial things to others.. just because.
- bonki 1y agoI dare to disagree. Empathy would be Empathie or Einfühlungsvermögen. Mitgefühl is not empathy and a common translation for compassion.
- rini17 1y agoFound articles like one below, seems you're right! https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht/38818-mitgefuehl.html https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht...