The “Own Body” and the Feeling in Common: Empfindung, Einfühlung, Mitgefühl. The Dynamics of Feeling and the Question of Empathy between Sulzer and Herder

Authors

  • Salvatore Tedesco Università degli Studi di Palermo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/9661

Abstract

The contribution aims to identify some theoretical lines that cross the German Enlightenment reflection from Leibniz and Wolff to Herder, focusing on the relationship between oneself and otherness, between the dimension of “one’s own body” and the theme of “feeling in common”. Thus, we propose to identify some of the flow lines along which reflection on empathy develops.

Keywords: Empathy, German Enlightenment, Herder, Self and Otherness, Sulzer

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Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

Tedesco, S. (2022). The “Own Body” and the Feeling in Common: Empfindung, Einfühlung, Mitgefühl. The Dynamics of Feeling and the Question of Empathy between Sulzer and Herder. Bollettino Filosofico, 37, 174–181. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/9661

Issue

Vol. 37 (2022): Rethinking Empathy. Between Ethics and Aesthetics

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Focus

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