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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part One)

MAR 31, 202546 MIN
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part One)

MAR 31, 202546 MIN

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On The Nature of Sympathy (1913, expanded 1922), Part I: "Fellow Feeling," Ch. 1-4. 

What is it to feel sympathy (aka "fellow feeling") for another person? It is NOT to "identify" with that person; ethics requires that the person be irreducibly Other, not part of my (extended) ego.

Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.

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