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Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.
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Dolby, N. (2013). Empathy and the Creative University. In: Peters, M.A., Besley, T. (eds) The Creative University. Creative Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-245-7_10
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