The Language of Empathy, Love, and Truth

by Lazarus Black

I just learned that Russian does not have a word for "Empathy", specifically the ability to imagine oneself in another's life and experience their emotions in their situation.

There are many confusing articles on the subject, but this contains the clearest explanation: https://carnegieendowment.org/...

The words "sochuvstvie" ("сочувствие") and "soboleznovanie" ("сопереживание") are closer to sympathy. The word "sostrandanie" ("сострадание") means compassion. But empathy, the...