The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. From LearnThat.org. [George Eliot, English novelist and pen name of Mary Ann Evans.]
People tend to cheat more if their egoism is very high or very low. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Brilliant and very interesting talk about moral code and cheating] Reference
Any society which explains itself in terms of mutual egoism is heading for certain destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Before There Was Early Rawls…] Reference
But Gaspare had effectually changed her mood, had driven away what she chose to call her egoism, had concentrated all her thoughts on Vere. From Wordnik.com. [A Spirit in Prison] Reference
Though often translated as "egoism;" this tells us little. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Amelio: New Year's Spiritual Renewal: Transform Your Identity] Reference
Then I start feeling strange about wanting more people to read what I write, what kind of egoism is that?. From Wordnik.com. [dislocated] Reference
It is political and commercial egoism which is the evil harbinger of war. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Unity] Reference
Kanye West finally embraced the 'egoism' gimmick associate with most rappers. From Wordnik.com. [Artrocker] Reference
It is love for love, it is to weep for the pleasure of tears, it is to mix with tenderness a kind of egoism avid of experiences. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Augustin] Reference
And he’s recently been beating up on a straw image of ‘sociopathic’ egoism which is blatantly unfair to real egoist philosophers. From Wordnik.com. [Death by Homeland Security #3: The Disappeared] Reference
Self-interest and egoism which drive him into the cave. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations from Georg Ebers] Reference
In its worst form this is rampant egoism and dogmatism. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
But one may hold that egoism is inevitable without going so far. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Self-interest is his only motive, and egoism his sole law of life. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
A frank remark, at all events, and without the taint of human egoism!. From Wordnik.com. [Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals] Reference
The old distinction between egoism and altruism is thus an artificial one. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Nor need we deny him the title because he may be unconscious of his egoism. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Sudermann, the novelist, has carried his philosophy of egoism to its extreme. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
And this love, in its true sense, should stand for an affection purified from egoism. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference
Intermediatism that will keep us out of the firmament: Positivism is absolute egoism. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Family feeling, like all beautiful things, has its caricature, which is family egoism. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
Lend her hands to the destruction of her son-in-law in a fit of fierce maternal egoism?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The very existence of the family, the tribe, the state, is a protest against pure egoism. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
This is all that we learn from the irreconcilable conflicts of our uncompromising egoism. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
Others, not so declamatory, persist, however, in confounding riches with egoism and insensibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
Artistically, however, his rumbling egoism and adherence to principles ultimately made him one of the greats. From Wordnik.com. [A MEETING OF THE MINDS] Reference
He who counsels deliberate egoism does not recommend it merely on the score that it leads to consistent action. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Does, then, anything seem more natural than egoism? and, if natural, may it not be assumed to be proper and right?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
There are men rich in the possibilities of sloth, of indifference to future good, of egoism, even of malignant feeling. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
We may best approach the subject of what may properly be regarded as constituting egoism, by turning first to one or two. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Between his appetites and his rôle of father he has decided for the former, and he slowly drifts toward the most abject egoism. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
But it is too much to say that the professional moralist and the plain man normally regard pure egoism with favor and find it natural. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
This is the spirit that has sometimes made the family seem a retreat of egoism which it was necessary to destroy for the public safety. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
Can we put into one class those who preach a short-sighted selfishness or a calculating egoism and those who urge upon us the law of love?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Even when propagation commences to take place by means of individual male and female parents, the same principle of egoism largely obtains. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference
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