PHILOS 3YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Amour-Propre, Egocentrism, Human Nature
6 Jan 2020
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Hegel introduction self-love vs. amour propre: amour de soi meme. Love of oneself is a natural sentiment that moves every animal to be vigilant in its own preservation and that, directed in many by reason and modified by pit produces humanity and virtue: amour proper. Reason is what engenders amour propre and reflection strengthens it: reason is what turns man in upon himself. (62) It is incontestable that love itself, like all the other passions, has acquired only in society that impetuous ardor that so often makes it lethal to men. Focus on relative merit and beauty dsire for that esteem fuels the impetuous ardor failure to receive the esteem drives passionate rage amour propre in general: Amour propre drives us to find an endless variety of dimensions whereby we can be recognized as superior to others. Can include: wealth, authority over others, social standing, beauty, virtue, athleticism, honor, wit, talents of all kinds.
