Amour de soi
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Amour de soi is a concept in the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.His novel Émile: or, On Education is a treatise...

 that refers to the kind of self-love that humans share with brute animals and predates the appearance of society. Rousseau contrasts it with amour-propre
Amour-propre
Amour-propre is a concept in the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that denotes a self-love that depends upon the opinion of others. Rousseau contrasts it with amour de soi, which also means self love, but which does not involve seeing oneself as others see one...

, which also means self-love, but in which one's opinion of oneself is dependent on what other people think and which arises only with society.
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