Assertion: amour propre | /r/HasProperty | sentiment
Facets:
value: merely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Because 'amour-propre is [...] a sentiment that is relative' (that is, relative to other subjects), both the desire for respect and esteem can therefore be said to constitute amour-propre.
text: Amour-propre , as distinct from the nondistinctively human amour de soi, is a sentiment or disposition that presupposes social relations: for it amounts to the social actor's concern for the image that others form of his merits and to a desire for their esteem.
text: Amour-propre is merely a sentiment that is relative,” he says, “artificial and born in society which moves each individual to value himself more than anyone else, which inspired in men all the evils they cause one another and which is the true source of honor.