The word “compassion” literally means “to suffer with.” To have compassion for someone is to enter into their suffering for the purpose of alleviating their pain and bringing about transformation ...
The word “compassion” entered the fringes of social discourse years ago and has now moved closer to the center of discussion for many. Etymologically, its history reaches back to ancient periods. In ...
In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the 20 th century Czech novelist Milan Kundera unpacks the etymology of the word “compassion.” Languages that derive their understanding of compassion from Latin ...