10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMOUR-PROPRE»
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amour-propre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
amour-propre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment: A Republican Critique of ...
That is why he regarded a harsh Spartan politics that sanctifies social life and
promotes intense patriotic sentiments as the only effective means of artificially
adapting naturally selfish individuals to society. Extending amour-propre
Rousseau ...
2
Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche: The Politics of Infinity
Rousseau depicts himself in the Reveries as having largely overcome amour-
propre. Or, more precisely (since amour-propre continues to afflict him during the
quarter of the time that he is forced to engage society), Rousseau as philosopher
...
3
Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love: Evil, Rationality, and the ...
This book is the first comprehensive study of Rousseau's rich and complex theory of the type of self-love (amour propre ) that, for him, marks the central difference between humans and the beasts.
Frederick Neuhouser, 2010
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Rousseau, Nature, and the Problem of the Good Life
Although amour de soi gives rise to a variety of sentiments, it is amour-propre that
is the source of virtually all strong social and political passions. Amour-propre
admits of myriad forms — it is not just a question of pride versus vanity but also a
...
(D) Amour-propre; negative pole We have noted the one occasion on which
Rousseau called amour de sot 'amour-propre taken in an extended sense'. We
now turn to the negative pole of amour-propre, in which he contrasts the two and
...
6
Public Vision, Private Lives: Rousseau, Religion, and ...
lent than amour-propre. Thus in Emilc', Rousseau held that "the gentle and
affectionate passions are born of self-love [amour de soi\, and the hateful and
irascible passions are born of selfishness [amour-propre]. What makes a man
essentially ...
7
Arguments and Fists: Political Agency and Justification in ...
But how is amour-propre related to self-love? They are different, Rousseau tells
us, "both in themselves and in their effects": " Amour-propre -is a purely relative
and factitious feeling, which arises in the state of society, leads each individual to
...
8
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Paintings of Marsden Hartley:
Amour-propre, Conscience, and the Problem of Nature At the most primitive
stage of human development, self-love moves us only to seek our own, absolute
well-being. But with the birth of moral sensitivity, we begin to feel that there are
other ...
9
Reasonably Radical: Deliberative Liberalism and the Politics ...
Our psychological dependence will interfere with our ability to form a shared will
only if our amour-propre becomes inflamed, becomes a desire to be recognized
as superior rather than as an equal.32 A legitimate political society must thus ...
Anthony Simon Laden, 2001
On closer inspection, however, the implications of amour-propre for morality
appear ambiguous. Already in the Second Discourse, Rousseau quietly
concedes that morality is not, as he has first proclaimed, a phenomenon of amour
de ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMOUR-PROPRE»
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amour-propre is used in the context of the following news items.
Where were you when Greece … ? – POLITICO
Some of the shock felt in Brussels can be put down to wounded amour-propre — a feeling of personal rejection. Jean-Claude Juncker, the ... «Politico, Jul 15»
Loosening its tie, NSO debuts a steelpan work and its composer
The NSO at the moment is like a woman who doesn't care whether someone sees that she has let herself go, and the lack of amour-propre was ... «Washington Post, May 15»
Postcard from Cannes: Mad Max Will Astound You
Just as naturally, it was adored by the French audience. As for the rest of the world, we snickered at the Gallic amour-propre, while admitting ... «Vogue.com, May 15»
Journalists and Justices
... be able to afford Obamacare-mandated health insurance should the King petitioners prevail, and appealing to the amour-propre of various of ... «The Weekly Standard, Mar 15»
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[24] I make clear that PD27A has nothing to do with judicial amour-propre , nor is its purpose to make the lives of the judges easier. On the ... «Family Law, Feb 15»
Lord Hill settles into role of guardian of EU financial stability
“I would have no sense of offended amour-propre by being called le plombier,” Lord Hill said in a Financial Times interview, speaking only half ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»
'Downton Abbey' Recap: Rumble With Lord G!
Just look at how far women have to bend to preserve the amour-propre of the house butler. When Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol) gets a small ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
Royal Ballet: Onegin review – wondrous performances overcome a …
All that preposterous attitudinising and injured amour-propre, all those stiff-necked notions of honour. Soares fully reveals himself only in the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Selected Letters of Norman Mailer review: the real Mailer?
This empathy is of a piece with an aggressive amour-propre rooted in and justified by his particular notion of “existentialism”, here recast as a ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Andy Murray's new brand is a bit me-me-me
Isn't this amour-propre all a bit me-me-me? It is inevitable that the stars of sport have to live in bubbles, but they do not have to turn them into ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
