Compassion, a middle-English derivation from the Latin compati (to
suffer with), has in our confusing and tumultuous times become a
major academic discipline. Professor Patrick Pietroni brings
together his work as the director of the Darwin International
Institute for the Study of Compassion and his love of poetry to
outline how the concept of compassion can emerge as a force for
good in our conflicted world. When examining compassion from a
religious perspective, one finds that all of the major world
religions and humanistic organizations find compassion among the
highest human virtues, and that they describe this aspect of the
human species in remarkably similar ways, which we now recognize
throughout the world as the Golden Rule. This slender volume offers
the reader a poetic entrance into or reintroduction to the
recognition and practice of compassion on all levels: to humans, to
the largest or smallest of the animal kingdom, and to our beloved
Earth. The poets collected here include Warsan Shire, William
Wordsworth, Mary Oliver, Stanley Cooper, and Maya Angelou, among
others.
General
Imprint: |
Fresco Fine Art Publications
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2019 |
Authors: |
Patrick Pietroni
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
44 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-934491-72-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-934491-72-1 |
Barcode: |
9781934491720 |
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