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We'Re quite proud of philosophy bites, but not too proud, just proud enough.
We hope we're not vain, smug, or conceited about it.
But what does this mean?
What is the difference between pride, vanity, self esteem, and narcissism?
What is the right amount of pride?
Are we becoming too tolerant of the self obsessed?
As you'll hear, these questions have been getting into Cambridge emeritus professor Simon Blackburn's hair.
Simon Blackburn, welcome to philosophy bites.
Thank you, Nigel.
Lovely to be here.
The topic we're going to focus on is narcissism.
Can we just start by saying what narcissism is and how it differs from some things which are quite close to it?
Yes.
Well, I think the fundamental distinction is the narcissist is wrapped up in himself.
In the Greek myth, Narcissus, of course, everybody knows he looks at his image and falls in love with it, and then he's self obsessed.