5857 | The young feel pity from philanthropy, but the old from self-concern [Aristotle] |
5890 | We should not share the distress of others, but simply try to relieve it [Cicero] |
4022 | Epictetus says we should console others for misfortune, but not be moved by pity [Epictetus, by Taylor,C] |
23365 | If someone is weeping, you should sympathise and help, but not share his suffering [Epictetus] |
17218 | People who live according to reason should avoid pity [Spinoza] |
17219 | A person unmoved by either reason or pity to help others is rightly called 'inhuman' [Spinoza] |
4857 | Pity is a bad and useless thing, as it is a pain, and rational people perform good deeds without it [Spinoza] |
17223 | Pity is not a virtue, but at least it shows a desire to live uprightly [Spinoza] |
19766 | The fact that we weep (e.g. in theatres) shows that we are naturally compassionate [Rousseau] |
7674 | Generosity and pity are vices, because they falsely imply one person's superiority to another [Kant, by Berlin] |
2879 | In ancient Rome pity was considered neither good nor bad [Nietzsche] |
4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
4275 | You cannot advocate joyful wisdom while rejecting pity, because the two are complementary [Scruton on Nietzsche] |
4407 | Plato, Spinoza and Kant are very different, but united in their low estimation of pity [Nietzsche] |
20112 | Pity consoles those who suffer, because they see that they still have the power to hurt [Nietzsche] |
14821 | Apart from philosophers, most people rightly have a low estimate of pity [Nietzsche] |
18328 | Invalids are parasites [Nietzsche] |
21026 | Compassion is unreliable, because it favours people close to us [Nussbaum] |
23118 | Awareness of others' suffering doesn't create an obligation to help [Kekes] |
4283 | Sympathy can undermine the moral order just as much as crime does [Scruton] |