«Passione lodevole» o «virtù assai sospetta»? La compassione nella filosofia francese del XVII secolo
Journal title SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)
Author/s Béatrice Guion
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2023/78 Language Italian
Pages 18 P. 40-57 File size 232 KB
DOI 10.3280/LAS2023-078004
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The perception of compassion in seventeenth-century France relies mainly on ancient philosophy and on Christian thought. Though apprehended differently by various schools of thought (Thomism, Augustinism, neo-stoism and Cartesianism), it is most of the time considered to be a passion, and rarely a virtue. Its morality is debated: some speak of a praiseworthy passion, while others deny it any moral value, whether they see it as a product of self-love or as a purely physiological reaction. Although it is understood as both a feeling (an affection suffered) and an action (actual help given to others), the distinction is not al¬ways clearly theorised. Finally, the term ‘compassion’ proves to be synonymous with ‘pity’ and often, also, with ‘mercy’.
Keywords: Augustinism, Thomism, self-love, morality, physiology
Béatrice Guion, «Passione lodevole» o «virtù assai sospetta»? La compassione nella filosofia francese del XVII secolo in "SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)" 78/2023, pp 40-57, DOI: 10.3280/LAS2023-078004