Declined in Europe among the working classes in the late nineteenth century. Probably because of increasingly secular lifestyles and the fact that churches failed to keep up with the rapid growth of urban population. They were also seen as very conservative, making them less appealing to liberal-minded working classes. î î î.
Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, and concern. Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical, or physical life and the world. The apathetic may lack a sense of purpose, worth, or meaning in their life. An apathetic person may also exhibit insensibility or sluggishness. In positive psychology, apathy is described as a result of the individuals feeling they do not possess the level of skill required to confront a challenge (i.e. Flow).
The word âfallacyâ nowadays is defined as an example of a flawed logic, but for Ruskin and writers of the 19th century and earlier, âfallacyâ could be used to mean simply a âfalsenessâ. In the same way, the word âpatheticâ simply meant for Ruskin âemotionalâ or âpertaining to emotionâ.n science, the term âpathetic fallacyâ is used in a pejorative way in order to discourage the kind of figurative speech in descriptions that might not be strictly accurate and clear, and that might communicate a false impression of a natural phenomenon.