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  1. Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, s.v. “empathy,” accessed January 24, 2013, http://dictionary.cambridge.org.

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Acknowledgments

Sincere gratitude to professor Warren T. Reich for having triggered my desire to clarify, suggest, question, and compliment his extensive research on the concept of consolation in relation to empathy. Many thanks to Dr. Antonio G. Spagnolo for his open and flexible mind in recognizing the relevance of the original article to my field of interest, and for encouraging me to study and comment on it. I am deeply thankful to Dr. Guy Kahane, for his empowering and generous spirit, agreeing to read and comment on my work, and gently and swiftly guiding my first steps in this endeavour. A final heartfelt gratitude to the administration at the American Academy in Rome, for welcoming scholars and students like myself to their warm and inspiring library, without which our scholarship and research could not advance very far.

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Challita, M. Comments on Warren Reich’s article on ancient consolation and modern empathy. Theor Med Bioeth 34, 433–436 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-013-9243-7

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