egoistic

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Egoistic he might be, but selfish he was not.

From Austin and His Friends by Balfour, Frederic H.

"Egoistic" and "non-egoistic" do not constitute the fundamental opposites that have brought mankind to make a distinction between moral and immoral, good and bad; but adherence to traditional custom, and emancipation from it.

From Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Thus we pass from Egoistic to Universalistic hedonism, Utilitarianism, Social Ethics, more especially in relation to the still broader theories of evolution.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

On this point is based the half-truth of the Egoistic theory.

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Nukariya, Kaiten

Egoistic conception of history, carried to its extreme by anarchism, 102 ff.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert