Search Intercultural Negotiation Coaching, Training and Consulting The reference book on Intercultural Negotiation by Dr. Daniele Trevisani Menu Book Author and Associates Contact Search Search for: Close search Close Menu Book Author and Associates Contact Categories Empathy and Active Listening Empathy Post author By dr.daniele.trevisani Post date July 29, 2021 No Comments on Empathy Empathy Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of refer
The English word empathy is derived from the Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια ( empatheia , meaning “physical affection or passion”). [5] This, in turn, comes from ἐν ( en , “in, at”) and πάθος ( pathos , “passion” or “suffering”). [6] Hermann Lotze and Robert Vischer adapted the term to create the German Einfühlung (“feeling into”). Edward B. Titchener translated Einfühlung into English as “empathy” in 1909. [7] [8] [9] In modern Greek : εμπάθεια may mean, depending on context, prejudice , malevo
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