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PARA-409-Empathy: Em

Caretaker Status: Bonded to CARE-35

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 6 - abstract
Word: Empathy

Origin:
1908, modeled on German Einfühlung (from ein "in" + Fühlung "feeling"), which was coined 1858 by German philosopher Rudolf Lotze (1817-1881) as a translation of Greek empatheia "passion, state of emotion," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + pathos "feeling" (from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer"). A term from a theory of art appreciation that maintains appreciation depends on the viewer's ability to project his personality into the viewed object.

Definition:
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Adept at sensing and mirroring the emotions of others.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware