*Pathos* (n.) — a quality in something (a scene, a speech, a work) that evokes pity, sorrow, or tender sadness in the observer. In rhetoric it also names the appeal to an audience's emotions, as distinct from *logos* (logic) and *ethos* (credibility). From Greek *páthos*, "suffering, feeling." > [!note] Seedling — this definition is still being developed. Source: [[Evil in Modern Thought - Neiman|Evil in Modern Thought]] by Susan Neiman, p. 210.