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2. Self-love - Wikipedia

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   In the 1660s Baruch Spinoza wrote in his book Ethics that self-preservation was the highest virtue. [citation needed] Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) believed there were two kinds of self-love. One was "amour de soi" (French for "love of self") which is the drive for self-preservation. Rousseau considered this drive to be the root of all ...

3. Robert C. Solomon - Wikipedia

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   Robert C. Solomon (September 14, 1942 – January 2, 2007) was a philosopher and business ethicist, notable author, and "Distinguished Teaching Professor of Business and Philosophy" at the University of Texas at Austin, where he held a named chair and taught for more than 30 years, authoring The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life (1976) and more than 45 other books and editions.

4. The Art of Loving - Wikipedia

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   Through practicing love, and thus producing love, the individual overcomes the dependence on being loved, having to be "good" to deserve love. He contrasts the immature phrases "I love because I am loved" and "I love you because I need you" with mature expressions of love, "I am loved because I love", and "I need you because I love you." [33]

5. Pride - Wikipedia

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   Pride is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "reasonable self-esteem" or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself." [ 1 ] The Oxford dictionary defines it as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance."

6. Love and Responsibility - Wikipedia

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   Love and Responsibility. London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-89870-445-6. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009; Wojtyła, Karol. Love and Responsibility on Google Books. Retrieved 15 October 2009. Wojtyła, Karol. Miłość i odpowiedzialność Love and Responsibility e-book in Polish. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

7. Self-awareness - Wikipedia

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   In science fiction, self-awareness describes an essential human property that often (depending on the circumstances of the story) bestows personhood onto a non-human. If a computer , alien or other object is described as "self-aware", the reader may assume that it will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights ...

8. Category:Ethics books - Wikipedia

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   Books about ethics, a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

9. Self-knowledge (psychology) - Wikipedia

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   It is the knowledge of oneself and one's properties and the desire to seek such knowledge that guide the development of the self-concept, even if that concept is flawed. Self-knowledge informs us of our mental representations of ourselves, which contain attributes that we uniquely pair with ourselves, and theories on whether these attributes ...