A more fanciful theory is that Mr. Sarkozy has a natural sympathy for the country that was home to his maternal grandfather, a Jew from Thessaloniki.

一个更稀奇的推测说，萨科奇先生对于其外祖父的祖国有一种天然的同情，他的外祖父是来自塞萨洛尼基的犹太人。

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However, normally, we hide this theory in heart when we show our sympathy to those who are worse off than us.

然而，通常的，当我们在对那些经历悲惨的人表示我们的同情时，我们会把这条理论藏在心里。

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A more fanciful theory is that Mr Sarkozy has a natural sympathy for the country that was home to his maternal grandfather, a Jew from Thessaloniki.

一个更稀奇的推测说，萨科奇先生对于其外祖父的祖国有一种天生的同情，他的外祖父是来自希腊Thessaloniki的犹太人。

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If her talk of ethics sounds fluffy, recall that in 1759 Adam Smith earned his reputation by publishing "The Theory of Moral Sentiments, " in which he accounted for the emergence of sympathy and moral judgments.

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In his 1759 book the "Theory of the Moral Sentiments, " philosopher Adam Smith argued that empathy (he called it sympathy) was motivated by the capacity to imagine being another person.

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