That the whole moral universe could be inverted by a single word seems a rather absurd contention. Nevertheless, it is true, and knowing this fact helps us perceive a silent revolution now centuries in the making, wherein selfishness, cleverly rebranded as “self-love,” would become the central ethic of Western Civilization. No matter where one turns,…
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