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† phiˈlauty Obs.
Also in Gr. form philautia.
[ad. Gr. ϕιλαυτία, n. of state f. ϕίλαυτος loving oneself, f. ϕιλ(ο-, philo- + αὐτόν oneself.]
Self-love; undue regard for oneself or one's own interests; self-conceit; selfishness.
c1525Tindale Obed. Chr. Man Pref., Wks. (1573) 103 They will say yet more shamefully, that no man can vnderstand the Scriptures without Philautia, that is to say Philosophy. A man muste first bee well seene in Aristotle, yer he can vnderstand the Scripture, say they. 1564–5Ledington Let. to Cecil 28 Feb. in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 401 Phylautye which maketh us fancy too much our own conceptions. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. (1807) II. 148 There we see philautie or selfe-love, which rageth in men so preposterouslie. a1592Greene Jas. IV, iii. ii, Such as giue themselues to Philautia, as you do, maister. 1651Biggs New Disp. §72 And will have philautie to be natures first-born. 1721Bailey s.v. Geese, This Proverb intimates that an inbred Philauty runs through the whole Race. |