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George Eliot's "Sympathy" and Its Philosophical Origin

Gao Xiaolin

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Sympathy in George Eliot's novels means common inner experience shared by the whole human community.It is not only a moral concept confined within the realm of literature,but a cognitive concept involving the profound influence of modern philosophers such as David Hume,Spinoza,and Feuerbach.

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Sympathy in George Eliot's novels means common inner experience shared by the whole human community.It is not only a moral concept confined within the realm of literature,but a cognitive concept involving the profound influence of modern philosophers such as David Hume,Spinoza,and Feuerbach.

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Sympathy in George Eliot's novels means common inner experience shared by the whole human community.It is not only a moral concept confined within the realm of literature,but a cognitive concept involving the profound influence of modern philosophers such as David Hume,Spinoza,and Feuerbach.

Key concepts: Sympathy, George (robot), Realm, Philosophy, Literature, Epistemology, Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics

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