in the Septuagint as carries the meaning roughly equivalent to pity in the sense of compassion, mercy, and loving-kindness.

In Mahayana Buddhism, Bodhisattvas are described by the Lotus Sutra as those who "hope to win final Nirvana for all beings--for the sake of the many, for their weal and happiness, out of pity for the world".

Philosophical assessments

Aristotle in his Rhetoric

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