Assertion: amour propre | /r/HasProperty | disposition
Facets:
value: purely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
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: Like Plato, in many ways, Rousseau wants to know whether amour-propre is purely a negative passion or disposition or whether, likethumos, whether it can be redirected, in some way, to achieve social goods and social benefits.