Assertion: amour propre | /r/HasProperty | unnatural form of self-love
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text: According to Rousseau, amour de soi is more primitive and is compatible with wholeness and happiness, while amour-propre is an unnatural form of self-love that arose only with the appearance of society and individuals' consequent ability to compare themselves with one another.
text: His book ends with a critique of Rousseau's attempt to construct "an understanding of the good life" upon "nonteleological" foundations, suggesting that Rousseau is dangerously mistaken in teaching us that amour-propre is unnatural, for that teaching undermines "longing and aspiration" (pp.
text: By contrast, amour-propre is an unnatural self-love that is essentially relational.
text: According to Rousseau, amour de soi is more primitive and is compatible with wholeness and happiness, while amour-propre is an unnatural form of self-love that arose only with the appearance of society and individuals' consequent ability to compare themselves with one another.