“Narcissism” may refer to either of two syndromes which are actually each other’s opposites: egotism, in which the self is seen as so separate from everything else that it cannot empathize with it, and egocentrism, in which the self is seen as so connected with everything else that everything is seen as a reference to the self. The first is caused by an overly integrated ego, as seen in psychopathy, while the latter is caused by an overly disintegrated ego, as seen in schizophrenia, and while the former is a narcissistic trait, the latter is actually a paranoid one.
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