"That which often seems to us to be ingratitude, may be merely our own ignorance of the subtle phases of human nature. Sometimes a man's heart is so full of thankfulness that he cannot speak, and in the very intensity of his appreciation, mere words seem to him paltry, petty, and inadequate, and the depth …
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Don’t give that ghost a body!
Are you afraid of ghosts? If not, maybe you know someone who is. Either way, you should read on. We human beings are endowed with sentience, that is, we have the ability to feel or perceive. Western philosophers call the "raw feels," like the pain of a headache, the taste of a pleasant cheese or …
To Empathize is to Civilize
Yesterday I touched very briefly on the matter of empathy and I would like to take a short walk with you down that road to discover the influence this fundamental human capacity has on your life and the world at large. Recent discoveries in the fields of neuropsychology, brain science and childhood development show that …
Gregory Hake 