1st Edition

The Nature of Sympathy

By Max Scheler Copyright 2008
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

The Nature of Sympathy explores, at different levels, the social emotions of fellow-feeling, the sense of identity, love and hatred, and traces their relationship to one another and to the values with which they are associated. Scheler criticizes other writers, from Adam Smith to Freud, who have argued that the sympathetic emotions derive from self-interested feelings or instincts. He reviews... Read more
EDITOR'S PREFACE, EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE FIFTH EDITION, PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PART I. FELLOW-FEELING, PART II. LOVE AND HATRED, PART III. OTHER MINDS, INDEX OF SUBJECTS,INDEX OF NAMES

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Max Scheler