“If love is universal, no one can be left out.”
Definition
- To alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of others (M-W)
Note: compassion is the desire to reduce the suffering of another person out of love, and consoling is the concrete action of that desire
Vices
- Excess: Overbearing- working beyond what the sufferer really needs
- Deficit: Apathy or maliciousness- not helping or working against the sufferer