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second self

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See: alter ego


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He treats the first self born in the Greek world and institutionally at home in the family, the second self emerging from the realm of culture and at home in civil society, and the third self explicated from the realm of morality and served by the state.
It is suffering made sweet by the consolation of a constant second self.
MacFaul's point of departure is the "Humanist ideal" (1) of male friendship, which the introductory chapter summarizes thus: "a friend is a second self with whom one shares everything, friends are virtuous and similar to one another, and the friend is chosen after long and careful assessment of his virtues; the purpose of such friendship is the promotion of virtuous thought and action; it may contribute to the public sphere, but it is ultimately independent of it" (6).
 
 
 
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