Compassion

There are many, many emotions and each have subtle differences, one from another. The SM-201 wikipedia staff has tried to organize these emotions based on the "W. Parrot Model of Emotions" with Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Emotions. By visiting each of the Primary Emotion pages, you will discover all of the Tertiary Emotions connected with the Primary Emotion	Primary emotions	Secondary emotions
	Anger	Disgust • Envy • Exasperation • Irritation • Rage • Torment
	Fear	Horror • Nervousness
	Joy	Contentment • Enthrallment • Pride • Optimism • Relief • Zest
	Love	Affection • Desire • Love • Sexual desire
	Sadness	Disappointment • Neglect • Sadness • Shame • Suffering • Sympathy
	Surprise	Surprise

Primary emotion: Love

Affection	adoration, attraction, caring, compassion, fondness, liking, sentimentality, tenderness
Lust/Sexual desire	arousal, desire, infatuation, lust, passion
Desire	desire, longing

Compassion (from Latin: "co-suffering") is a virtue —one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy (for the suffering of others) are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnectedness and humanism —foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.

There is an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual's compassion is often given a property of "depth," "vigour," or "passion." More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the so-called Golden Rule embody by implication the principle of compassion: Do to others what you would have them do to you.

Ranked a great virtue in numerous philosophies, compassion is considered in all the major religious traditions as among the greatest of virtues.