Max Scheler Quote

It is precisely the essential feature of egoism that it does not apprehend the full value of the isolated self. The egoist sees himself only with regard to the others, as a member of society who wishes to possess and acquire more than the others. Self-directedness or other-directedness have no essential bearing on the specific quality of love or hatred. These acts are different in themselves, quite independently of their direction

L. Coser, trans. (1961), p. 96 - Das Ressentiment im Aufbau der Moralen (1912)