2 essays on compassion from the Consilium journal. Featuring Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Baruch Spinoza. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.
Three thinkers on lying to someone you love. Chekhov asks what gap the lie fills. Dostoevsky says the motive is not what you think. Spinoza says understanding the feeling transforms it.
Three thinkers on helping those who resist. Rogers says accept the person, not the behavior. Havel says enabling is dishonesty. Weil says attention sees what is actually needed.
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