[temuze]

Sorry, I think you're mistaken.

Empathy is understanding and feeling someone else's feelings. Putting yourself in their shoes.

Sympathy is having compassion for that person, even if you don't feel the same way. It's understanding, but more detached.

True, you need empathy to make art or to manipulate people or to frighten others - but that's not part of the definition of the word.