No one would hesitate to call egoistic the doctrine of Aristippus, the. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
But into the individuals who really formed its basis, that is, the egoistic individual. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
"I think 'egoistic' might be a better word," Varagan gibed. From Wordnik.com. [Time Patrolman]
Comte terms the egoistic propensities. From Wordnik.com. [Auguste Comte and Positivism] Reference
May this fairly be called egoistic doctrine?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
You're so scornful, so dignified, so divinely egoistic. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
One cannot conceive of the grandly egoistic poet saying this. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Haha, that Johnny is so egoistic and irritatingly cute in cartoons. From Wordnik.com. [preppy skirt day] Reference
I let myself indulge in the sheer egoistic act of just ferrying people around. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
That was what I got, and I'm utterly unappreciative of such egoistic behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference
The doctrine of the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is as unequivocally egoistic. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
That is almost always the sign that he is going to prove an egoistic disaster in office. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
I have cited some utterances which sound egoistic, and such citations might be multiplied. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
On the surface, at least, the last doctrine appears to stand out as more distinctly egoistic. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It was, as well as I can describe it, a deficiency in the egoistic sentiment of individuality. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
It is shown above that sacrifices incident to the egoistic activities receive their compensation. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
Were metaphysic to do this, it would reduce us to the condition of subjective or egoistic idealism. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
A deathbed is so terribly egoistic; it can't be helped, but he forgot himself more than ever before. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
I do think, at least for now, that he is merely afflicted with the impatience of the egoistic polymath. From Wordnik.com. [Is Jerry Brown the California John McCain?] Reference
The organization of life implies a criticism of and control over altruistic as well as egoistic impulses. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
On the most egoistic plane, it seemed like a clash of entitlements, the messianics versus the menopausals. From Wordnik.com. [When Democrats Go Post-al] Reference
Some of them may pass over more naturally than others into forms of doctrine which are not egoistic at all. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
The egoistic rustic may defend his selfishness by citing the proverb, "my shirt is closer to me than my coat.". From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
She believes in indulging the "submerged, egoistic inner 'bad girl' who has the will to autonomy, to conquest.". From Wordnik.com. [The Power And The Glory] Reference
Men are primarily egoistic and selfish and nothing interests them more than things that affect them personally. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
All man's social activity was conceived as purely instrumental to the gratification of his own egoistic desires. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Thus, besides the egoistic motive, there are two altruistic motives which should deter from this excess in work. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
The whispers and grumbles were non-stop that Tiger was arrogant, smug, egoistic and a plastic marketing creation. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Gloat at Tiger's Fall Was Predictable] Reference
Matters so vital to the interests of society cannot be left at the mercy of the egoistic whims of the individual. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It becomes manifest then that the egoistic activities of an organism represent sacrifice followed by compensation. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
Nevertheless, from this egoistic root springs a flower which disseminates the perfume of a saintly self-abnegation. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
The original egoistic tasks are not abolished, but new duties are added to them in ways we have learned to distinguish. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
I bet the political cartoonists are very busy right now working to capture the essence of her utterly egoistic behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Bloc Of Neutral Senators Says It's Time To Get Behind Obama] Reference
Never one to rely on the truth of the matter Ms. Phillips has again excelled herself in an outpouring of egoistic claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
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