The empathy gained by fasting is meant to socialise people into giving alms to the poor which is considered to be the very basis of sociality. |
Yet I am not advocating a crass rationalism in which reverence, empathy and love have no place. |
The experienced safari guides seem to have an innate empathy with the nature all around, and all at once you feel at ease. |
Not only do you have no empathy or understanding for your fellow human beings, you are a racist, homophobic, xenophobic bigot. |
Do they visit in empathy, or is it something deep within the deepest well of their own ego that sends them on their mission? |
The therapist may offer the patient a combination of empathy and reality testing. |