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sensibility

In the 18th century, the capacity to identify with and feel sympathy for the suffering of others. This quality was extolled by the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, a philosopher, as well as by writers of fiction, and was lampooned in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility 1811.



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I cannot recommend it too highly, both for the beauty of the writing and the deep sensibility that informs every page.
Little Saint by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
There is a deep sensibility at work here, which allows tectonic qualities to resonate with spatial ones, generating places which are memorable at very many levels of consciousness.
Phoenix rising by Seal, Margaret / The Architectural Review
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