Sub semnul empatiei. Orwell şi reţeta Doamnei Searle
Under the Sign of Empathy: Orwell and Mrs. Searle’s Recipe

Summary/Abstract: Orwell was a political writer who needed to see, touch, feel, smell and taste what he took to be reality, before it could affect him. Although Orwell had no interest in philosophy, his moral and political sensibility grew out of his direct experience of working class life. This made Orwell a more philosophical writer than he imagined himself to be, in that his moral and political attitudes arose from his moral sensibility, a combination of direct experience, sympathetic identification and moral understanding, as understood by the Scottish Enlightenment, and in particular, by Adam Smith. In this sense, sitting down beside the fire, having a relaxed conversation, drinking tea, and, above all, eating a slice of Mrs Searle’s cake were integral to the development of Orwell’s political sense.Keywords: George Orwell, Mrs. Searle’s recipe, empathy, Adam Smith, socialism.

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