Of course a little further down in the Wiki article it reads:
“Greek and Roman philosophers distrusted (feeling) compassion. In their view, reason alone was the proper guide to conduct. They regarded compassion ( a virtue) as an affect, neither admirable nor contemptible.” Thomas Szasz from his book "Cruel Compassion" On Aug 19, 2011, at 7:15 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > > > "Compassion is that which makes the heart of the good move at the pain of > others. It crushes and destroys the pain of others; thus, it is called > compassion. It is called compassion because it shelters and embraces the > distressed." - The Buddha > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion > ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
