Sentences with phrase «egotism in»

To see if a president's speeches reflect egotism in American society at large, the team compared its results to studies of egotism in other cultural products, such as 20th - century books and songs.

The supersensitiveness that continually is being hurt and, once hurt, irascibly cherishes a grudge; the bare nerve of self that waits only to be touched to writhe and, writhing, tingles with rancor toward the annoyer; the evil eye that watches with morbid fascination for slight and insult and, once insulted, finds happiness only in thoughts of getting even — all this is sheer egotism in its barest and most repulsive form.

We re-discover the meaning of heroism and friendship as we see the two hobbits clawing their way up Mount Doom; we see again the endless evil of greed and egotism in Gollum, stunted and ingrown out of moral shape by years of lust for the ring; we recognize again the essential anguish of seeing beautiful and frail things - innocence, early love, children — passing away as we read of the Lady Galadriel and the elves making the inevitable journey to the West.

Not exact matches

It was the blockbuster book of the 1980s, catching the spirit of the age in all its glittery egotism («Masters of the Universe») and cheap urban politics (the opening scene is an 80s version of «mau - mauing» that ends up exploding in chaos, not like the scripted routines Wolfe described in «Mau - Mauing the Flak Catchers» a decade earlier).

In fact, Niebuhr taught that the egotism of the individual only becomes more powerful when collected into a group, to the extent that an individual's egotistical will - to - live takes on the more evil will - to - power, that is, coercion becomes the modus - operendi of the group.

And you will in turn take the strongest part of your argument and attack the weakest part of my argument... This is probably less about egotism, and more about the brokenness and insecurity of most people.

Its first effect is the removal of the stress of acquisitive feeling arising from the soul's preoccupation with itself «55 This element excludes the pursuit of beauty and truth, art and adventure in hungry egotism and so involves the transcendence of the self.

As long ago as 1953 in his study of Heroes, Highbrows and the Popular Mind (Bobbs - Merrill), Leo Gurko discerned «signs of a movement away from [brawn and] egotism,» at least in the movies, to a new type of hero who was aware that the problems of life perhaps could not all be solved by a breezy manner, a gun, or a punch in the nose» (pp. 192 - 193).

«Reflexion» is not egotism but the withdrawal from accepting the other person in his particularity in favour of letting him exist only as one's own experience, only as a part of oneself.

Young people in particular often visualize their moral problem in some such way as this: on the one side is the ideal life with its purity, its self - forgetfulness, its fine awareness of things invisible, and on the other side are the primitive instincts — pugnacity, egotism, sensuality, the caveman within, and between these two there is an irreconcilable hostility.

He might do so out of a certain sensitiveness in speaking about himself, or a desire to avoid the appearance of egotism.

To believe in an anthropocentric God is pure egotism.

Sinful egotism is even more pronounced in groups (collective egotism) than in individuals.

He felt that a nonacademic «empiricism» takes the psychological and moral implications of human egotism for granted in all forms of human relations.

A world culminating in the Impersonal can bring us neither the warmth of attraction nor the hope of irreversibility (immortality) without which individual egotism will always have the last word.

In terms of this Absolute it is sacrifice, not egotism, that becomes odious and absurd.

Today we are experiencing the collapse of a social system based on egotism both in the East and in the West.

Class egotism, national egotism or the egotism of the individual: They all lead to a general defeat in a war of all against all.

In a lecture on «the unification of Europe,» Zweig proposes a series of conferences in various European capital cities as a way to combat the «sacro - egotism» of nationalisIn a lecture on «the unification of Europe,» Zweig proposes a series of conferences in various European capital cities as a way to combat the «sacro - egotism» of nationalisin various European capital cities as a way to combat the «sacro - egotism» of nationalism.

One never understands that until one sees that love, not egotism, has been the major fountainhead of all high faith in life eternal.

Her voluble egotism; her sense, not of radical bad being, as the really contrite have it, but of her «faults» and «imperfections» in the plural; her stereo - typed humility and return upon herself, as covered with «confusion» at each new manifestation of God's singular partiality for a person so unworthy, are typical of shrewdom: a paramountly feeling nature would be objectively lost in gratitude, and silent.

The older monastic asceticism occupied itself with pathetic futilities, or terminated in the mere egotism of the individual, increasing his own perfection.

Racial prejudice is, first of all, a psychological factor, rooting in collective egotism and pride and the pervasive human tendency to dislike the different.

Religion, in short, is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

So when one's affections keep in touch with the divinity of the world's authorship, fear and egotism fall away; and in the equanimity that follows, one finds in the hours, as they succeed each other.

This is where the phrase «the personal is political» has taken us: into a world of anxious, narcissistic egotism, in which identity groups attempt to take ownership of issues while silencing those who appear to attack their identity.

An overall rise in economic prosperity may play a role in this egotism, according to a different study: people who were young adults during hard times are less narcissistic than those who came of age during economic booms.

If you're seeing some of yourself in the definition of this kind of undercover egotism (and you would, you narcissist), there are some ways to tamp down the tendencies.

While filling out a dating profile, have you ever felt you were merely indulging in egotism, or worried over how to present yourself in an honest yet alluring fashion?

Your self - confidence should exude warmth and approachability, on the other hand, not egotism and vanity.There's no point in mere complaining and thinking if things could be different.

With a larger than life persona outshining even the calculated theatricality of the royal costumes, she effortlessly conflates the dual nature of Elizabeth's personal and private lives, the keen intellect, the touchy egotism, and the achingly human vulnerability that manifests in the acute jealously and peculiar pride she feels in having forsaken husband and children.

The Rock plays future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Kingman, known for his egotism and strive to be the best he can be, if only to bask continuously in the public spotlight.

I think in the whole world things are going very badly... People are becoming more materialistic and cruel... Cruel by laziness, by indifference, egotism... Money is becoming their God.

You lose a kind of self - consciousness and a kind of egotism that sometimes everything around movies is steeped in.

Although all of the characters are detestable in terms of their actions and egotism, we like them all despite their vices, and seeing them engage with each other and constantly manipulate the situation proves to be one of the more subtle delights in a film full of such choice little moments.

The Queen Of Versailles gleans some big, guilty laughs out of its subjects» rampant egotism and surreal disconnect from everyday reality, but it's ultimately less interested in laughing at the Siegels» misfortune than in attempting to understand them.

All of the important players are back, with beefier parts for all of the supporting cast, who even are allowed some maturation, with Adrian showing a bit more inner strength in the relationship, Mickey (Meredith, Foul Play) much more demanding, and Apollo Creed displaying a darker side to his character that suggests his egotism isn't just an act.

Generally, when Hollywood is shown on screen, for example in A Star Is Born and The Bad and the Beautiful or, more recently, in The Artist, it is depicted as a hotbed of viciousness, egotism and backstabbing.

Although what Sestero doesn't realize, is that that fearlessness was birthed in a pool of egotism.

The actual movie - making scenes in The Disaster Artist are remarkable examples of how egotism functions on a movie set — meaning, they're funny until they start to feel dangerous.

It also established the «Albert Brooks» character, a merciless profile in egotism and self - loathing.

Such thinking is insane, yet such thinking is exactly what we apply in the case of animals being murdered, and because of our human animal egotism, selfishness and arrogance, we allow to be done to other animals, what we would be outraged at, if it were done to US or to someone WE loved.

Votre portait (1974), which includes a face of the French Romanian poet, Eugène Ionesco, who symbolized European egotism for Kudo, suggests the impotence of anthropocentric culture in the face of technology, pollution, and consumerism, while also questioning how artists can respond to this helplessness.

The combination of lyricism and violence in representation may evoke Willem de Kooning, but it has me longing for that good old American mix of egotism — and at least a minimal sense of humor.

Their mesmerizing grids, in particular from the 1970s, emphasize the concern to eliminate egotism, in contradistinction to many artists of the time who rather focused on the individual.

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Of course, it could be that we here in Canada or, indeed, here in Toronto, are somehow perverse — or just different from our American sibs, lacking, perhaps, that «implicit egotism» that would have, well, made me into a farmer.

Well, that relationship has come and gone, but in true implicit egotism fashion, Kim has since moved on to marry Kanye, with whom she also shares the initial K!

Other signs not as commonly associated with low self - esteem include exaggerated bragging, engaging in attention - seeking behaviors, verbal and physical aggression, displays of arrogance, conceit, narcissism and egotism, and displaying a sense of superiority over others, referred to as «pseudo self - esteem.»

In contrast, «narcissistic rivalry» is the tendency to react antagonistically to perceived threats to the narcissist's egotism.