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Definition of Egism
Egoism, the philosophy of those who, uncertain of everything but the
existence of the Ego or I, resolve all existence as known into forms or
modifications of its self-consciousness.
- Wikipedia
E"go*ism (?), n. [F.
égoïsme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and
cf. Egotism.] 1. (Philos.) The
doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in
the ego and the relations which it implies or provides
for.
2. Excessive love and thought of self; the
habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest;
selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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