Artemidorus wrote: “To be in pain and suffering as another is to be accessary and partaker of his offence and pain.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
To suffer as another. · Book 3, encoded section 155 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To be in pain and suffering as another is to be accessary and partaker of his offence and pain. For sicknesses and imperfections of the body, have reference to the passions and affections of the soul.
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