a.k.a. comforting, solace, succor

Complementary virtues¶

• compassion
• concern
• pity
• sympathy

Contrasting vices¶

• callousness
• disdain

Virtues possibly in tension¶

TBD

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

• Greg Junell on "how to learn to console"

Notes and links¶

• positivepsychologynews.com/news/denise-clegg/200910214134
• On “accompanyment”: aeon.co/ideas/at-times-of-suffering-the...

Mentioned elsewhere¶

TBD

Inspirational quotes¶

• “I realized that your grief should not be intruded upon while it was fresh and agonizing, in case the consolations themselves should rouse and inflame it: for an illness too nothing is more harmful than premature treatment. So I was waiting until your grief of itself should lose its force and, being softened by time to endure remedies, it would allow itself to be touched and handled.” —Seneca