Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI THE SOCIAL SELF--2. VARIOUS PHASES OP "I" EGOTISM AND SELFISHNESS--THE USE OF "i" IN LITERATURE AND CONVERSATION INTENSE SELF-FEELING NECESSARY TO PRODUCTIVITY OTHER PHASES OF THE SOCIAL SELF--PRIDE versus Vanity--Self-respect, Honor, Self-reverence--HUMILITY--MALADIES OF THE SOCIAL SELF--WITHDRAWAL--SELF-TRANSFORMATION--PHASES OF THE SELF CAUSED BY IN-CONGRUITY BETWEEN THE PERSON AND HIS SURROUNDINGS--THE SELF IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS If self and the self-seeking that springs from it ate healthy and respectable traits of human nature, then what are those things which we call egotism and selfishness, and which are so commonly regarded asl, objectionable? The answer to this appears to belCAP that it is not self-assertion as such that we stigmatize by these names, but the assertion of a kind or phase of self that is obnoxious to_us. So long as we agree with a man's thoughts and aims we do not think of him as selfish or egotistical, however urgently he may assert them; but so soon as we cease to agree, while he continues persistent and perhaps intrusive, we are likely to say hard things about him. It is at bottom a matter of moral judgment, not to be comprised in any simple definition, but to be determined by conscience after the whole situation is taken into account. I do not attempt to distinguish between these words, though there is a difference, ill defined however, in their meanings. As /, ordinarily used both designate a phase of self-assertion regarded / as censurable, and this is all I mean bv aithar.' In this regard it is essentially one with the more general question of misconduct or personal badness. I There is no distinct line between the behavior which 1 we mildly censure as selfish and that which we call j wicked or...
