philautia

noun /fɪˈlɔː.ti.ə/

1. Self-love, self-conceit

   archaic, historical, rare, uncountable

   Zwingli distinguished the origin of human sin with its Greek name, philautia. Philautia promotes the self over all others, both brother and father, neighbor and God. It is the wish for "things to be better for us than for others."

Where it comes from

Loan from Greek φίλαυτοι, nominative of φίλαυτος, a compound of phil- + auto-

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry philautia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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