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  2. Eleos - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Athens, Eleos (Ancient Greek Ἔλεος m.) or Elea [citation needed] was the personification of mercy, clemency, compassion and pity – the counterpart of the Roman goddess Clementia. [citation needed] Pausanias described her as "among all the gods the most useful to human life in all its vicissitudes." [1]

  3. Kindness - Wikipedia

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    Kindness is a type of behavior marked by acts of generosity, consideration, rendering assistance, or concern for others, without expecting praise or reward in return. It is a subject of interest in philosophy , religion, and psychology .

  4. Charis (name) - Wikipedia

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    Charis (Ancient Greek: Χάρις) is a given name derived from a Greek word meaning "grace, kindness, and life." It is a unisex name, overwhelmingly used for men in Greece and overwhelmingly used for women elsewhere in the world.

  5. Xenia (Greek) - Wikipedia

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    Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. [1] It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. [2]

  6. Seven virtues - Wikipedia

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    [5] The third virtue is also commonly referred to as "charity", as this is how the influential King James Bible translated the Greek word agape. The traditional understanding of the difference between cardinal and theological virtues is that the latter are not fully accessible to humans in their natural state without assistance from God. [6]

  7. Chesed - Wikipedia

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    The root chasad has a primary meaning of 'eager and ardent desire', used both in the sense 'good, kind' and 'shame, contempt'. [2] The noun chesed inherits both senses, on one hand 'zeal, love, kindness towards someone' and on the other 'zeal, ardour against someone; envy, reproach'. In its positive sense it is used to describe mutual ...

  8. Charity (Christian virtue) - Wikipedia

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    Loving-kindness and similar or related concepts: Agape – Greek word for love; Chesed – Hebrew word referring to love or kindness; Mettā – Buddhist term meaning "loving-kindness" Ren (Confucianism) – Confucian virtue

  9. Humanitas - Wikipedia

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    Humanitas (from the Latin hūmānus, "human") is a Latin noun meaning human nature, civilization, and kindness. It has uses in the Enlightenment , which are discussed below. Classical origins of term