Biology
- Sympathetic
Term: sympathetic Literally meaning: ?feel with? Origin: Anc Greek?????????/sympathia(=sympathy, capability to recognize or feel another?s suffering) > ???/syn(=together, with) + ?????/pathos (=passion, sorrow, strong emotion) >?????/pascho(=to...
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Epistemology
Term: epistemologyLiterally meaning: study of science Origin: Anc Greek????????/epistemi(=science) >?????????/epistamai(=know how to do, supervise) >???/epi(=over, on) + ???????/istamai(=stand)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy,...
- Autism
Term: autism Literally meaning: =selfishnessOrigin: Anc Greek ?????/autos(=self) + -ismos (suffix of action) Coined: In 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) concerning two autistic psychopaths. American...
- Chimps And Humans
No big surprise here. We are animals, no more and no less. I am not the least bit surprised that our DNA is so similar to that of chimps. They are so highly intelligent and social, they seem like mini humans to me. I'm a meat eater though, and I do...
Biology
empathy
Term: empathy
Origin: Anc Greek
?? /en(=in)
+ ?????/pathos (=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)
literally meaning ?feeling in?.
Coined
He was Scottish Philosopher, Economist and Historian David Hume (1711-1776
who first mentioned that ?sympathy?, or the communication of passions, takes place among animals, no less than among men". The English ?empathy? is a translation of the German word ?Einfühlun?, coined in 1873 by the German philosopher Robert Vischer (1847-1933 ) with a projection of feelings into art work in order to explain how we "feel into" or "in-feeling" of works of arts and nature. His father Friedrich Theodor Vischer had used a similar term (Einf?hlen =feel into). Although the English term ?empathy? is credit to German philosopher, phycisian and logician Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817 ?1881) most say that the term was coined in 1909 by Edward Titchener (1867-1927 ) "Process of humanizing objects, of reading or feeling ourselves into them". In 1904 the term was introduced into the study of aesthetics (the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty) inEngland Rogers
who first mentioned that ?sympathy?, or the communication of passions, takes place among animals, no less than among men". The English ?empathy? is a translation of the German word ?Einfühlun?, coined in 1873 by the German philosopher Robert Vischer (1847-1933 ) with a projection of feelings into art work in order to explain how we "feel into" or "in-feeling" of works of arts and nature. His father Friedrich Theodor Vischer had used a similar term (Einf?hlen =feel into). Although the English term ?empathy? is credit to German philosopher, phycisian and logician Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817 ?1881) most say that the term was coined in 1909 by Edward Titchener (1867-1927 ) "Process of humanizing objects, of reading or feeling ourselves into them". In 1904 the term was introduced into the study of aesthetics (the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty) in
Definition
Empathy is the capability to share your feelings and understand another?s emotion and feelings that is presented with metaphor ?put oneself into another?s shoes,?. Empathy does not necessarily imply compassion, sympathy, or empathic concern because this capacity can be present in context of compassionate
- Sympathetic
Term: sympathetic Literally meaning: ?feel with? Origin: Anc Greek?????????/sympathia(=sympathy, capability to recognize or feel another?s suffering) > ???/syn(=together, with) + ?????/pathos (=passion, sorrow, strong emotion) >?????/pascho(=to...
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Epistemology
Term: epistemologyLiterally meaning: study of science Origin: Anc Greek????????/epistemi(=science) >?????????/epistamai(=know how to do, supervise) >???/epi(=over, on) + ???????/istamai(=stand)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy,...
- Autism
Term: autism Literally meaning: =selfishnessOrigin: Anc Greek ?????/autos(=self) + -ismos (suffix of action) Coined: In 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) concerning two autistic psychopaths. American...
- Chimps And Humans
No big surprise here. We are animals, no more and no less. I am not the least bit surprised that our DNA is so similar to that of chimps. They are so highly intelligent and social, they seem like mini humans to me. I'm a meat eater though, and I do...