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Thanks a lot.

My take on the subject: Intelligence without compassion is, basically, hell. Compassion to others that is not rooted in compassion to oneself is shallow and will not last.

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Do you mean as in "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"?

No. I mean that compassion grows out of recognizing yourself in suffering of the other. Suffering is humane, part of our nature. If/when I have compassion to myself (maybe, to my past self, for example), I can be truly compassionate to the other.

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