Human, All Too Human, Part 59 summary
Part 59 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 59, the speaker links keeping promises to a good memory and feeling sympathy to a strong imagination, presenting both mental abilities as requirements for ethical conduct. These two examples support the claim that ethics depends closely on intellectual capacity.
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- The speaker states that keeping promises requires a good memory.
- The speaker states that feeling sympathy requires a strong imagination.
- The speaker draws these examples together to connect ethics with intellectual capacity.
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Which mental ability does the speaker say is necessary for sympathy?
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