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Luc Ferry: "Narcisse, a positive model?"

2021-09-08T18:51:25.735Z


CHRONICLE - To claim that the myth of Narcissus is a “positive myth” is a sham specific to our time, considers the philosopher.


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This requirement comes before honesty and loyalty, but, most significantly, it far surpasses listening, tolerance and generosity, which confirms, if needed, how much the air time is what Foucault called "concern for the self," in other words, narcissistic individualism.

It is in this promising context that the merchants of happiness, starting with the proponents of positive psychology and personal development, no longer hesitate to plead for a revaluation of the myth of Narcissus, willingly claiming that his story was

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Source: lefigaro

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