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/pəθˈɛtɪk fˈæləsi/ Listen

Pathetic fallacy

noun

The fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; 'the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy.

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... "to expend compassion on a man who, etc., were surely a pathetic fallacy." Al. "Is not the man who has it in his power, etc., far above ...

— Hiero • Xenophon

... intellect, to learn a little something of its focus, the brain; a little comparative anatomy. These men are not philosophers. Metaphysicians are poets gone wrong. Schopenhauer invents a "genius of the race"—there you have his cloven hoof, the pathetic fallacy, the poet's heritage. There are things in Schopenhauer which make one blush for philosophy. The day may dawn when this man will be read not for what he says, but for how he says it; he being one of the few of his race who can write in their own language. Impossible, of ...

— Alone • Norman Douglas

... throbbing, many-tinted romance, even as out of that foul coal-tar some, who know the secret, craftily distil most delicate perfumes and colours exquisite. The bard of the future ... h'm! Will he ever appear? As an atavism, perhaps. Take away from modern poetry what appeals to primitive man—the jingle and pathetic fallacy—and the residue, if any, would be ...

— Fountains In The Sand - Rambles Among The Oases Of Tunisia • Norman Douglas