Sex – Love – Compassion

16Apr08

These three fall along a continuum.
Sex may be, but is not necessarily, loving.
Love may be, but is not necessarily, compassionate.
Compassion may, but not necessarily, encompass sex or love, either or both.
We tend to use the word “love” for all three, but this is nothing but ambiguous and a source of confusion.
Sex is animal; love is [...]

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Definition of Compassion

01Feb07

A basic dictionary definition, from Webster’s American College Dictionary, New York, Random House, 1998:
compassion:
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for someone struck by misfortune, accompanied by a desire to alleviate the suffering; mercy

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