The Four Sights: The Sympathetic Character Of Sadartha

I imagine that Sadartha was a very empathetic person, as he was so troubled by the sight of the suffering of others. He, himself, had not experienced nor witnessed suffering up until that point, the Four Sights. Often, people are most sympathetic towards the suffering of others when they experienced similar situations first hand. Sadhartha had been shielded from pain and problems, and yet had compassion for something unfamiliar to him. He was truly a unique individual to abandon luxury and to seek out unanswered questions, which took years of dedication on his part. Perhaps had he had an unshielded life, and had been used to suffering, it may not have been such a curiosity or problem to understand this suffering; and he may have ended up being